2024-02-10 19:50:00
Ferocious fire in an Edesur electrical substation in Caballito
A fierce fire broke out this Saturday afternoon in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito, where an electrical substation located on José María Moreno Avenue between Formosa and Juan Bautista Alberdi caught fire.
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According to official sources indicated to Infobae, the flames broke out on the ground floor and first floor of the building belonging to the Edesur company, which has a frontage of 25 meters and a depth of 40 meters. Due to the incident, several power outages have been recorded in the area. There are at least 50,000 users without electricity, the majority in Almagro, Caballito and Parque Chacabuco. The AySA lifting station is also affected due to lack of energy and the company requests to make rational use of the service.
The incident was reported to the emergency department at 2:51 p.m. and personnel from Neighborhood Police Station 6B were quickly dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, they observed the spread of flames and the presence of the City Firefighters was requested, who arrived minutes later and proceeded to evacuate both the affected substation and the neighboring home.
The flames started after noon and firefighters are working at the scene
Brigade crews are still working to quell the fire, which caused a large column of black smoke that can be seen from a long distance. According to what they told this medium, due to the magnitude of the fire, firefighters began to attack the flames from the front of the first floor.
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However, it was necessary to reinforce the equipment since the fire began to take over the back of a building that faces Riglos Street. Consequently, the security perimeter was expanded to the entire block and the residents of the surrounding homes were evacuated. At 4 p.m. they reported that they had managed to contain the flames.
Likewise, the presence of SAME was requested, which joined the operation with 8 ambulances. These are available to provide assistance to evacuees. However, so far, they confirmed that there were no injuries, nor patients with burns or monoxide inhalation.
The flames started after noon and firefighters are working at the scene
“It is a fire with a high fire load, there are several fire crews from the city. In the neighboring departments there are 14 SAME ambulances on site plus two triage units and two oxygenation units. But until now people were able to evacuate in order and we did not serve anyone,” said Alberto Crescenti in conversation with C5N.
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Police from the Rapid Intervention Directorate, the Motorized Police, the Traffic Agent Corps, Prevention Agents and a Containment Unit were also sent to the scene.
As a consequence of the incident, AySA reported that its Elevator Station located a few blocks from the incident is affected by the lack of energy and for this reason the company requests to make rational use of the service.
Smoke columns in Caballito
In a statement at 3:33 p.m., the Edesur company reported: “Firefighters are working on the fire that occurred at our Caballito Substation. Once the situation is controlled, we will be able to assess the damage.” From the scene, they reported that the Commune 6 team is in contact with the police authorities attentive to the requirements that arrive regarding electrodependent people.
From CABA they indicated: “Those who need assistance can call line 103. While those who have electrododependent family members must make a claim to ENRE 0800-333-300 to request appropriate assistance.”
In turn, AySA reported that its Elevator Station located a few blocks from the incident is affected by the lack of energy and for this reason the company requests to make rational use of the service. “A contingency plan will be put into operation until power is restored to the Caballito Lifting Station, reinforcing the distribution of drinking water with pumping from the Flores Lifting Station, the Centro Lifting Station and the Devoto Lifting Station,” they reported.
Explosion at the Caballito substation
The neighborhoods that could be affected with low pressure or lack of water are Caballito, Flores, Floresta, Boedo, Balvanera, Almagro, Palermo, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Avellaneda, Parque Chacabuco, Parque Patricios, Recoleta, San Cristobal, Villa Crespo, Villa Santa Rita and Villa Soldati; and the Buenos Aires towns of Pyñeiro (Avellaneda) and Valentin Alsina (Lanús).
Due to the rapid spread of the fire, dozens of surrounding residents gathered several blocks from the fire, from where they recorded different videos that quickly began to go viral on social networks. The images are shocking: an imposing column of black smoke can be seen spreading through the neighborhood, advancing at high speed, covering a large part of the area.
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