Personnel from the Security and Emergencies Consortium intervened on the morning of this Saturday, March 7, in a fire declared in a dwelling located on Ciudad Real street number 28, in Arrecife.
The alert was received by CECOES at 7:17 hours, warning of a fire inside a dwelling and also indicating that there were gas cylinders in the property. According to the information provided, the people who were in the house had managed to get outside before the arrival of emergency services.
During the displacement towards the place, the firefighters observed a large column of black smoke coming out of the property. Upon their arrival, the Local Police of Arrecife was already in the area securing the perimeter.
The firefighters began the fire extinguishing efforts, which affected the dwelling located on the ground floor of a two-story building. In addition, they proceeded to ventilate the building's stairwell, since the smoke and heat spread towards the dwelling on the upper floor through an interior patio.
Once the flames were controlled, the personnel carried out ventilation work both in the dwelling directly affected by the fire as well as in the upper one, damaged by the smoke.
The people who resided in the burned house were transferred by the health services for their assessment. After the intervention, the firefighters informed the Local Police that the property will not be able to be inhabited due to the poor conditions in which it was left after the fire, so it must be repaired before it can be used again with guarantees of safety and habitability.
In the operation participated personnel from the Security and Emergencies Consortium, Arrecife Local Police, and personnel from the Canarian Emergency Service (SUC).
