The commander of the Puente Alto Fire Department, Juan Gómez, explained that the fire started “in the office sector” and added that at that time there were no people inside the building.
In the commune of Saint Bernard, located south of the capital, some 50 people looted two commercial premises and “in one of them, two police officers were cowardly attacked,” explained Major Juan Espinoza.
These events are compounded by sources of violence in the commune of Peñalolén, where protesters set up barricades to block the streets.
Lieutenant Miguel Ortega, Prefectura Oriente patrol officer, explained to El Mercurio that these events consisted of “Incendiary barricades, stone-throwing, fireworks, incendiary devices, and shooting with firearms against Carabineros”.
Social tension is increasing in Santiago and other regions of Chile due to the anniversary of the social crisis, which began on October 18, 2019, where thousands of Chileans took to the streets demanding greater social, political and economic demands.
The anniversary of the social outbreak comes in the middle of the campaign for the November 21 elections, in which the conservative president’s successor is elected Sebastian Piñera and the Congress of this country of 19 million inhabitants is renewed.
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