At the scene, seven people were injured, including a pregnant woman. The building had to be evacuated.
The fire occurred in a family hotel in Barracas. (Photo: capture X @bagliettoc)
A fire followed by explosion in a tenement Barracks It left seven people seriously injured. According to the first reports, everything would have started with a discussion between neighbors, in which a man He set two women on fire and unleashed flames in the place.
The dramatic episode occurred this morning on the second floor of a building located at 1600 Olavarría Street, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas. Although the fire has already been controlled, 30 people had to be evacuated.
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According to what was reported by the Police, a 62-year-old man had argued with two women and after that he set them on fire. Until now, it was detailed that during the discussion the accused he would have manipulated a jug to cause the explosion, But there are still no details about how the flames broke out.
After the people who live in the adjacent buildings called the Fire Department, they managed to evacuate those who lived in the place and of them, seven people had to be hospitalized, one of them is even pregnant.
The SAME worked at the scene and seven people had to be transferred to different hospitals in the City. (Photo: capture X @bagliettoc)
Two were transferred with serious burns to the Hospital del Quemado, with wounds on 50% of the body. Two others were taken to the Argerich Hospital, one of them with neck injuries, and two others to the Penna Hospital with 40% of their bodies burned and compromised airways. A seventh was taken to Ramos Mejía.
In addition, nine other people had to be treated for smoke inhalation. 14 SAME units worked at the scene, along with the Police, Civil Defense and Firefighters.
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The witnesses indicated that the fire would have started when one of the tenants He threw a Molotov cocktail into one of the rooms which was inhabited by several women and that caused the fire to spread. Until now the Police are investigating the case.
The suspect had to be treated at a health center under police guard. A sharp saw was seized from him, with which he would have harmed himself, and he was placed at the disposal of the National Criminal and Correctional Court 14, under the charge of prosecutor Edmundo Rabbione, Secretariat 143 of Dr. Alberto Gegunded.
