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The incident occurred last Thursday in Playa Blanca, in the Barú resort, when a voracious fire consumed a first tourist kiosk and the flames spread to other parts of the place, and the Police arrested four people allegedly responsible for starting the fire. .
“Three men of legal age were captured and a 16-year-old adolescent was apprehended for the crime of fire and damage to someone else’s property,” said General Henry Sanabria, commander of the Cartagena Police, in dialogue with CM & News.
The officer told the news that, according to preliminary versions, tourists had arrived in the area on Wednesday to enjoy the beach, but apparently they staged a fight with the owner of the place where they were staying for money they lost.
“According to witnesses, they account for the possible loss of 700 thousand pesos of one of these people, which would generate, in the midst of drunkenness, retaliation, fulfilling a threat to carry out the fire in case the money does not appear,” he added The general.
The Police also reported, in the voice of Colonel Harold Melo (commander of the Third District in Cartagena), that the fury of the community was such when they saw the kiosks in flames that several people attacked the alleged perpetrators, of Antioquia origin, and that “ a vehicle, apparently owned by him, was destroyed, ”according to El Universal.
“When the fire started they rounded up the tourists and wanted to lynch them. If the police do not arrive, they are killed. The fact is that this fire left several families without work and that outraged the community ”, commented a resident to the local media.
The owners of the 12 affected establishments regretted having lost their businesses just as they began to open after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
These videos show the magnitude of the fire in Playa Blanca (one of the 10 most desirable beaches for tourism in Colombia) and all the damage it caused.
Playa Blanca Baru fire @SnailNews @TV snail @RCN news @RCN Channel @Esmerojaso # cartagena #new #fire pic.twitter.com/kav7BWDluk
– Emerson Ibarra (@emersonibarra) October 8, 2020
#NewsW | Two machines from the Cartagena Fire Department were dispatched to control a fire that is registered in Playa Blanca> https://t.co/5ztAAhNKby pic.twitter.com/zjIL0cHUIF
– AlertasW (@AlertasW) October 8, 2020
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