A fire that began at 4:00 in the afternoon this Thursday completely destroyed a building five levels in which the furniture store Eunice Furniture in the Las Palmas de Herrera sector in Santo Domingo West.
The establishment is located in the avenue Isabel Aguiarnext to the Marcelino Velez hospital, a road that was closed for a stretch of approximately one kilometer due to the severity of the disaster.
So far there is no injured nor affected by the fire. He building which was white turned black due to the large amount of smoke emanating from the flames.
Several units of the Corps are in place. Firefighters from Greater Santo Domingo, police agents; the System of 911 emergencies; Civil Defense; the National Police, the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Security (Digestett), among other rescue organizations.
The situation has created a great plug in the areas near kilometer 9 of the Duarte highway.
The present authorities have not yet determined the causes that caused the accident. Already the firefighters have managed to completely stifle the flames.
911 saw the incident
From the System monitoring center 911the incident was visualized through the cameras video surveillancewhich allowed us to coordinate the answer more precisely, he reported in a press release. In addition, there was support from entities such as Edesur, the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (Caasd) and the drone team of the 911to improve emergency coverage and the effectiveness of actions.
According to personnel at the scene, so far, no people have been reported. affected.
Timely evacuation
Fernando Santana, spokesman for the Fire Department Santo Domingo Weststated that the people who were in the building at the time of the incident were successfully evacuated and thus no one was injured.
Firefighters continued to remove a large amount of fallen glass and debris from the road.
Several vehicles were trapped in the basement of the structure, which could not be recovered at the time by their owners.
The firefighters stated that it is very important, after extinguishing a fire, to continue with the cooling work, to prevent it from resurfacing.
A building near the accident was affected. Although its residents are still there. The electricity service was suspended.
