After 5:30 p.m. the fire began to brew on the third floor of the establishment, located on Libertador Avenue.
A fire broke out at the headquarters of the Automobile Club Argentino (ACA) this Saturday, located on Avenida del Libertador at 1800, on the border between the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo and Recoleta. The incident began minutes after 5:30 p.m. on the third floor of the building. After 7 p.m., they reported that the fire was controlled and that they began to inspect the building.
Members of the Fire Department city of Buenos Aires They are working at the site, and there is also a presence of SAME. The building has six floors and quickly caused great concern because on the ground floor there is a YPF company service station.
According to statements from residents of the area, the fire spread in about twenty minutes, and the windows of the building began to explode.
The ACA issued a statement after 7 p.m., detailing what happened and bringing peace of mind: ”The Automobile Club Argentino informs that, as of today, A few hours ago a fire outbreak occurred in the headquarters chamber, in a warehouse. It was possibly generated by some electrical fault. “Firefighters immediately attended the establishment and the fire is now under control.”
”The situation is under control”
Alberto Crescentihead of the Emergency Medical Care System, declared: “We must be calm, the situation is under control.” And he added: ”The fire took over offices, luckily there were no people. The windows exploded and that caused some alarm. We sent a triage unit, an oxygenation unit and three ambulances. “We only oxygenated a 34-year-old woman, who we are going to transfer as a precaution.”
”It was something sudden and In 20 minutes the fire spread very quickly and the windows began to explode.one of the people present at the venue told TN. ”We neighbors were outside the Automobile Club looking at what was happening without understanding. The managers said that the cars’ oil was changed there,” he added.
Source: Ambito
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