2024-02-05 16:38:10
Outrage generated a social media record, which shows a fire truck breaking down the barriers of a toll to go to fight a forest fire in the Valparaíso region. Firefighters of Chile announced talks with the Government.
Firefighters condemned what happened last Saturday in Quilpue, following a TikTok record went viral. This shows a car from the institution breaking the barriers of a toll to combat forest fires in the Valparaíso region.
This is an event that occurred last Friday, at the toll South Trunk.
The user @marxula5 uploaded the record a fire truck arriving at the tollbooth and waiting for the barriers to go up to continue on his way, what didn’t happen.
Therefore, his driver resumed driving and the barrier was taken overallowing the passage of another car that was coming behind.
Look at the video:
The president of Chilean firefightersJuan Carlos Field, condemned what happened and pointed out that the situation “seems definitely implausible to me, the instance of not letting a car bomb pass at a toll.”
“Without a doubt, a mega-emergency is occurring in the Valparaíso region, specifically in Quilpué, Villa Alemana, Viña del Mar. Where the car bomb has to carry the barrier to do its effective work,” he added.
Finally, he said that “we are going to have all the necessary conversations with the Government authorities, so that this concessionaire company understands that Firefighters ain’t playing“But on the contrary, it is providing a public utility service and we need to get to the place quickly.”
Dealer’s statement
The toll concessionaire, Pacific routesdelivered a statement in this regard.
In it, they assured that the barrier was down because a private car passed before the fire truck and “that transaction had to be finalized.” before we can raise the barrier once more”.
Regarding the forest fires that affect the Valparaíso Region, as Sociedad Concesionaria Rutas del Pacífico SA we deeply regret the complex situation that our compatriots are going through.
From our work, we are working in coordination with the authorities of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), since last Friday the 2nd, to guarantee the expeditious flow on Route 68 and Troncal Sur, to and from the affected areas, especially for emergency vehicles. .
Regarding the video circulating on social networks referring to a Fire Truck that had problems moving through a toll plaza, it should be noted that the events occurred on Friday, February 2, at 6:42 p.m. at the Troncal Sur toll, which includes, in the western direction, with two free traffic lanes (Free Flow) and 3 toll lanes with barriers.
In this case, the Fire Truck circulated on the road with a manual toll system, immediately following a private vehicle, where the toll system had to complete that transaction before being able to raise the barrier once more. Despite this, we regret the situation of delay that occurred and that the Fire Department had to face.
We want to highlight that the Fire Truck did not pay any toll because the exemption from payment of this for emergency vehicles applies in all our places in the terms established by law.
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