Tijuana BC.- More than 50 personas they lost their home in Good night during a fire that occurred in the San Juditas Tadeo neighborhood, located in the area known as the ‘invasion of Libramiento Rosas Magallon’.
They received Christmas among the ashes of what was their clothing, personal documents, bed, table and other household items.
The victims were enjoying an inn when in a neighborhood group of WhatsApp They were warned regarding a house on fire.
No human losses
According to Tijuana authorities, they were 15 houses of wood those affected, without human losses.
“On those Christmas dates, nobody wishes what we live through,” said Valentín Cruz, whose heritage of five years and two months he intends to rebuild.
He requested the support of the mayor Montserrat Caballero Ramírez and the governor Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda to improve the situation of the families.
“We don’t want a wooden roof, we want a material roof, we need some 10 blocks, lumps of cement, regarding 10 rods. With effort, as we did here, to raise even a roof of material”, stated Cruz.
Origin of the fire
For her part, Mrs. Felicitas López reported that the fire might have started with sparks from a rocket, which fell into a bush, spread to a tree until it reached the houses.
He commented that his home was partially affected, since he managed to pour out the accumulated water, but when he wanted to help the neighbors, it was over.
“There was no water, it was accumulated water that we had, when we wanted to get water from the tap there was no water, the water had gone. We mightn’t do anything, what we wanted was to put out the fire, but we mightn’t,” López declared.
Without water
Therefore, he pointed out that if the Cespt had reactivated the service, the flares would not have affected as they did.
For her part, Mrs. Grecia said through tears that she lost her home where she lived with her four-year-old daughter and husband, who when they noticed the fire it was too late.
“We feel sad, imagine: my daughter’s gift stayed there. That’s what hurts me because I bought it with a lot of effort. We have to make you want. We are going to sell all the iron that she has left to take out to buy food and clothes. The rest, no way, we’ll see how we’ll do it, ”she said as she cleaned up the rubble.
In this tragedy, it is worth noting the support that the settlers gave to those affected, to whom they gave food and clothing, in addition to offering them temporary shelter. Tijuana City Hall He approached them with support at the Niños Héroes community center, where he assisted 15 families.
