[Trending News] A fire in the Cobo Calleja polygon of Madrid collapses the roof and one of the facades of a ship of about 12,000 m²

And fire originated this Friday morning in a 12,000 square meters ship of the Cobo Calleja Industrial Polygonin Fuenlabradato the south of Madrid, has caused the cover and the northern facade of the structure to collapse and have caused one “Great column of black smoke “ Visible from several kilometers to the round, as collected by the Chambers of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).

Firefighters from the Community of Madrid and the City of Fuenlabrada They have already perimeted the fire and are waiting to control it.

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The fire has begun before seven in the morning due The northern facade “has collapsed” and the ship's cover too “almost totally”. The firefighters inspector of the Community of Madrid, Raúl García, has reported that the roof has succumbed “to the first moments” of the fire in the ship, which It stored clothes.

At the moment, emergency services say that “There are no injuries”. “The fire is causing an important column of smoke,” they added.

The same sources say that “The smoke column does not worry Because it is dissipating in the atmosphere and does not advance towards any population core. “Garcia, in a message hung on the networks, has reported that” if necessary “, the population of the affected adjacent towns would be notified to close windows and the courtyards of the schools, but for the moment that situation has not occurred.

In the place of the events, 15 firefighters from the Community of Madrid and Fuers of Fuenlabrada are working. In total, some 60 professionalsin addition to more than twenty police officers -16 premises and 10 nationals-, in addition to Summa112 ambulances in preventive, who have not had to attend to any person.

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“There is no possibility of propagation. Firefighters have confined the incident and will proceed to review the interior when there is no longer a fire load, “they have added from emergencies of the Community of Madrid. Also the Fuenlabrada City Council has reported that there is no risk of extension of the flames, since the affected installation is isolated from the rest.

The fire has occurred, for causes that are unknown at the moment, after 6.30 in the morning in a ship of the Villablino Street of about 12,000 square meters used as a warehouse. It is a complex that groups several ships together that supply the Chinese bazaars of Madrid and much of Spain. These are very flammable and toxic products, which has hindered the work of firefighters.

The people who were near or inside have left when the flames have begun. The police have cut several traffic accesses to the area.