He is a firefighter and employee of Zapata Goma and coordinated the operation to put out the fire

The day of the fire in Zapata Goma

Gonzalo Castillo, who had asked for a vacation a few days ago, was having some mate at his house. Then, he received calls from his co-workers, who lThey warned of what was happening in Zapata Gomabut how it is customary to joke especially during break times, Castillo did not believe it was true. However, the insistence of the calls made him contact the fire station to which he belongs, where they confirmed what was happening.

Immediately, Castillo went to the barracks to look for firefighter equipment and left for Vicente Zapata Street to collaborate against those fighting the fire.

His work was essential to organize the operation, because although, as he himself points out, everyone worked together, his contribution was to guide the other firefighters through the facilities that were burning.

“I know the place perfectly, and the idea was that the boys – for the firefighters – would not be at risk”, this, for example, was extremely useful to alert others that inside these warehouses there is a pit that is not used and that it belonged to a mechanical workshop that operated before.

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Castle I knew where the glue was kept and elements that could be flammable.

In any case, dHe stated that the raw material used in this company is extremely flammable.le and the characteristic that rubber has is that it self-extinguishes. This means that it turns itself off once the material has been consumed. It is difficult to extinguish by other methods.

The pros and cons of putting out the fire in Zapata Goma

At first, and the The owner of Zapata Goma himself, Luis Beckford, says it, the greatest additional help they received was due to the number of firefighters from different teams who were present.but Beckford wanted to highlight the performance of this worker, since despite being on vacation he did not hesitate to look for the equipment and jump in to help.

Another positive aspect was that although there were very large losses in three of the company’s warehouses, they could continue to be served without problems.

Regarding the difficultiess, one was the super flammable material –andbecause there were not only rubber bands but supplies such as glue, for example – that caught fire.

On the other hand, the effect of zonda who collaborated in rekindling the flames on the day after the fire.

And the third aspect that made the situation more dangerous was the proximity of other businesses, buildings and medical centers. For these reasons it was necessary to ensure that it could be controlled as quickly as possible.

Being a firefighter, a job of service and solidarity

Gonzalo Castillo has been working in Zapata Goma for 18 years and has been a volunteer firefighter for 11.

Within the premises he is a highly recognized employee, but his expectations are also shaped by other aspects. One of them is mountaineering.

At the beginning of the year 2000 I was trekking: “I went up to Nido de Cóndores; what the people of the Aconcagua Rescue Patrol did always caught my attention.”

“Later I had the idea of ​​doing some social work, and that’s how I began to prepare to be a firefighter. I thought that this is a seismic zone and we have to prepare,” he said.

Castillo graduated as a firefighter in 2013, and in 2018 he graduated as a vehicle rescuer and in collapsed structures at the National Fire Academy of the Argentine Republic.

Today he works for the Mendoza Federation and is the reference for the vehicle rescue area in Mendoza.

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