The government of Mexico City, headed by Clara Brugada Molina, provides total attention to the families affected by the fire that occurred on Friday night, May 2, in an irregular settlement located in the Lindavista neighborhood, where there were no human losses.
Personnel from different dependencies began the withdrawal of rubble and cleaning of the property so that the affected inhabitants soon return to their daily activities; Likewise, the Ministry of Welfare, in response to the instructions of the head of Government, focused on providing food care to families.
On the morning of Saturday, May 3, 27 elements of the General Directorate of Protected Natural Areas and areas of Environmental Value, of the Ministry of Environment, of the Sierra de Guadalupe Protected Area and the Aragon Forestparticipated in the removal of the remains left by the fire and supported citizens to relocate their belongings. In addition, they recovered a swarm of European bees, not Africanized, which was transferred to the Sierra de Guadalupe.
Asbestos and lamina sheets, cardboard, polines, tinacos, refrigerators, mattresses, armchairs, tires, roperos, clothing bags, as well as burned products of grocery stores were removed.
Meanwhile, 142 elements, an area leader, 137 elements and 4 supervisors, of the General Directorate of Urban Services and Sustainability and the Urban Image Directorate of the Secretariat of Works, carried out cleaning work, manual sweeping in 450 square meters and They collected 256 cubic meters of wastewhich were retired on 32 trips through 17 vehicles.
Likewise, personnel from the Ministry of Welfare and Social Equality (Sebien) and the Housing Institute of Mexico City carried out the respective censuses in the 33 affected homes and provided more than 200 rations of food to the families of the place. This, in response to the instruction of the head of the government to ensure that girls and boys have the indispensable, such as clothing, roof and food, “that do not stop going to school, that they have all the conditions to live, all, but mainly girls, boys and older people or with some disabilities.”
In this regard, The head of Sebien, Araceli Damián Gonzálezhe pointed out: “We promised to have 200 rations of food until families can already start their food preparation on their own. Meanwhile, here we will be, giving them the support that requires it and we will be very aware.”
At the time the conflagration was reported, the head of the local executive turned instructions to her cabinet to act immediately at the site located in Collector Street 13, corner National Polytechnic Institute Avenueand provide attention to affected families.
Preliminary data indicate that the fire began with a short circuit derived from the electric overloads in the place, however, we will have to wait for the expert opinions carried out by the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City (FGJCDMX) to conclude.
From the Unified Command Post, the Secretariat of Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC) coordinated the works to address the emergency.
The intervention of the heroic fire department was decisive to control the firefor which they had the support of water pipes of the Secretariats of Citizen Security (SSC), of Integral Water Management (Seven) and several mayorships. In addition, some garzas were enabled for water supply.
Together with the SSC and the Metropolitan Police, the SGIRPC immediately established a security cord and installed the permanent command post, where the affected population began to be served through the special activity Lindavista operation.
The irregular settlement of Lindavista was made up of 150 housing built of sheet, of which 33 were affected by the fire, where approximately 100 people lived.
After the mitigation of the incident, technical personnel of the SGIRPC found that all homes have portable gas tanks, which represents a risk for the inhabitants.
He also found that none of the electrical installations complied with the regulations, as a large amount of exposed wiring, provisional facilities and lack of channeling were found.
The SGIRPC will maintain the 24 -hour command post in order to guarantee the safety of the inhabitants and coordinate the respective actions for risk reduction in the area.
Housing Institute officials They established direct contact with the people affected by the fire with the aim of including them in the first criterion of care in social housing and can have a home, without intermediaries.
On the instructions of the Head of Government, the affected families will be provided to the option of accessing a temporary home while a more consolidated housing project is specified, which will guarantee decent and safe conditions. This strategy, coordinated by the Ministry of Housing, is part of the commitment to offer comprehensive solutions without implying the separation of the communities from its usual environment.
“It was time to do justice,” said Clara Brugada during the visit to the settlement that together with the mayor of Gustavo A. Madero, Janecarlo Lozano, made on Saturday and instructed the corresponding units to initiate the dialogue with the Mexican Social Security Institute, owner of the property and advance in the final resolution of the housing problem.
