Spanish
Santiago. - A fire recorded this Thursday morning destroyed six fruit stalls and three rooms located at the back of the Joaquin Balaguer highway roundabout, at the entrance to Santiago, generating great concern among the merchants and residents of the area.
The fire, which originated after 8:00 in the morning, mobilized several units of the Santiago Fire Department, who quickly went to the scene to extinguish the flames and prevent them from spreading to other nearby structures.
According to preliminary information, the fire would have started due to a short circuit in a power line pole, which caused the flames to spread rapidly towards the businesses operating in the area.
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General Alexis Moscat, head of the Santiago Fire Department, reported that the fire affected the modules and the affected rooms. He explained that the authorities will carry out the corresponding surveys to determine the real causes of the disaster, although it is not ruled out that the origin was electrical. Affected merchants lamented the material losses, while nearby residents expressed concern about how quickly the fire spread and the danger it posed to those living in the vicinity. The accident also caused a major traffic jam on the busy Joaquin Balaguer highway, where authorities kept the passage restricted for several minutes while firefighters controlled the situation.
