The incident occurred in a ground-floor and two-story building located on Oliden Street at 4700 in the Villa Lugano neighborhood. On the ground floor of the property, there is a hairdressing business, while in the back there is an event room that measures 10 meters wide by 10 meters long and has a storage room in which were various highly valued party favors. flammable.
The police reported that the fire originated in a roof arranged on a lung that covers the party room. There, two workers were placing a membrane: under these circumstances the igneous focus was caused. The flames spread in a radius of 5×5 meters.
In addition, residents of the area reported through social networks that a loud explosion was heard just after 6 p.m. “A store in Lugano has just exploded. “I almost died of fright,” wrote an X user along with a video that showed the building burning in the distance and a huge cloud of smoke.
Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and evacuated the people who were inside and were assisted by the Emergency Medical Care System (SAME).
The firefighters explained: “the process was attacked with a 38 mm line,” the sources said. The fire was declared “extinguished” at 7:35 p.m. However, the work of removing the wooden roof then continued. In addition, firefighters summoned the Emergency Guard to evaluate the structure. The inspection was still in progress around 8 p.m.
The accident caused traffic complications. As part of the operation, the City Police established cuts in Oliden (total) and General Francisco Fernández de la Cruz Avenue (partial in both directions).
