A violent fire affected this Monday to a residential located on the corner of streets San Martín with Barros Arana, in the city of Iquique, Tarapacá Region.
15 units of the Iquique Fire Department arrived at the scene to begin fighting the flames.
The emergency was controlled by volunteers and it is expected that staff Department of Technical Studies of the Fire Department arrive at the scene in order to begin investigations to determine the causes of the accident.
The residentialwhich was being rented so that migrant citizens could spend the night, It suffered considerable damage from the fire.
[14:30 horas] 15 emergency units have been deployed to the 2nd Fire Alarm on Barros Arana and San Martín streets. #FirefightersIquique works in fire control. It is requested to clear the sector of private vehicles to facilitate the passage of Firefighters units. #iquique pic.twitter.com/QMxvW529Xr
— Iquique Fire Department (@cbi_iqq) November 20, 2023
FIRE IN A HOUSE
In parallel, Firefighters work on a second emergency at the intersection of Arturo Fernández and Libertad streets, where a house fire occurred.
Three companies of the Iquique Fire Department are working on said incident.
[15:20 horas] We have dispatched 3 emergency units to Arturo Fernández and Libertad streets. Preliminarily, a fire was reported in the home. #Iquique #FirefightersIquique #CBIEmergency
— Iquique Fire Department (@cbi_iqq) November 20, 2023
