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The Heroic Fire Department of Mexico City (CDMX) attended a fire in the Technology Plazalocated on El Salvador Street in the Centro neighborhood in the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office.
The brigade members received the report about the flames around noon on January 18. When they arrived at the property, they verified that the fire started inside a warehouse at the top of the plaza.
Through its profile in On the roof of a square, cardboard is burned in large quantities inside a warehousethe fire is already confined.”
While the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil protection (SGIRPC) explained that the team that responded to the emergency preventively evacuated people who were inside the square.
“Emergency teams are working to put out a garbage and cardboard fire in a property located on Eje central Lázaro Cárdenas esq. City Council, col. Center, @AlcCuauhtemocMx. As a security measure, the evacuation of 30 people. No injuries have been reported,” the agency reported.
The incident in Plaza de la Tecnologia occurred on one of the upper floors, far from the commercial area. Even so tenants made the decision to close their businesses to prevent citizens from approaching.
The merchants acted before Civil Protection personnel gave the order to evacuate the building to allow firefighters to carry out the necessary actions to put out the fire.
He Service on Line 4 of the Mexico City Metrobús was also affected for the closure of El Salvador Street while emergency forces took care of the fire.
At 12:11 p.m. the Heroic Fire Department reported that the situation was under control. However, his stay in the property was prolonged for a few more minutes.
“We inform that at this moment the fire has already been extinguished and we have begun to carry out removal and cooling work at the site,” could be read in the latest update on the incident.
Around 3:30 p.m., the emergency department reported a new fire in the Centro neighborhood, about which it did not provide more details.
In November of last year a strong fire consumed Oasis Square, an import and major center in the Historic Center of Mexico City. Civil Protection reported that the fire started in a sports shoe warehouse located on the top floor and that, as a precaution, they were 500 people evacuated.
The Firefighting efforts lasted for several hours. in which firefighters, Civil Protection personnel, elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security, Secretariat of the Navy and National Guard worked together.
The smoke reached such magnitude that it could be seen from remote places such as Ciudad Universitaria and the vicinity of the Basilica of Guadalupe, north of the capital, in such a way that in the first hours it caused alarm among residents of CDMX.
Once the fire was controlled, the Attorney General’s Office capital announced the opening of a research portfolio for the alleged commission of the crime of fire, flood or explosion. Elements of the Investigative Police (PDI) approached the scene of the events to look for possible witnesses, locate video surveillance cameras, private and public, that will clarify what happened on the afternoon of November 16, 2023.
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