Javier Firpo
08/06/2021 6:00 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 08/06/2021 6:00 AM
"My old man was one of the firefighters who died in the fire on Tuesday (August 3) in Caseros. Perhaps they have seen in the media ... that his death is blamed on
carbon monoxide
(sic) and it has even been said that they went up (to the floor where the fire occurred) to do their work
without being equipped as appropriate
for the situation ... For those who do not know, my old man
He had
29 years
of service as a firefighter, which denotes his
good handling of situations like this or even worse
. "
Thus begins the thread of tweets that Agustín Silva (25), son of
Pablo Silva
,
wrote this Thursday
, who died along with his colleagues from the Home Firefighters Detachment, Cristian Ragazzoni and Cristian Fedeli, in the fire of a building located in the fifth Marco Polo floor and Avenida San Martín, party of Tres de Febrero.
"
My old man was a responsible, strict, disciplined and not improvised guy at all
. Not at all, eh", emphasizes Agustín in dialogue with
Clarín
, upon his return from a tribute with the release of balloons that they did to the fallen at the scene of the accident. .
Immersed in deep sadness, Agustín does not have conclusive evidence, but believes that "
there was something more than a common fire
, this was not just another accident, here we are talking about a building that had structural problems from the beginning. Neighbors who live in others Floors sent me images with serious problems of
water leaks between electrified walls and ceilings
. I hope the construction company Fasani, the real estate agency Omar Martínez and the Municipality of Tres de Febrero will clarify. "
Father and son.
"He was very buddies, buddies. What can I tell you, my old man was the best," Agustín remembers.
When the young man pronounces that "it was not just another accident," he explains that "from what I found out,
the fire was caused by an electric stove
. I mean, if a short circuit was generated ... the thermal would have jumped, right? Here it seems that
the amount of water accumulated inside electrical installations
It generated the disaster that, surely,
the explosion that surprised my old man
and his companions
caused
.
The cause is under investigation but I am convinced that
something out of the ordinary surprised them
so that the three of them died. "
Of the three "heads" that Silva mentions, only the mayor Diego Valenzuela "called me and came out to show his face. He told me that he is the first interested in knowing what happened. He promised that he will move everything that is within his reach. reach to
get to the truth
. " Sources from the mayor's office, at the same time, told this medium that "the Municipality does not enable buildings, it does inspect elevators and verify plans, but
the rating is the responsibility of the construction company
."
Two days before his unthinkable fate was consummated, Silva had organized a family barbecue at his home in Caseros, where moments abounded that did not presage what would happen 48 hours later and that today are relived as treasures.
"It was the last time I saw my father alive and I have his anecdotes and his laughter engraved in my memory. I want to remember him that way. Later I could see him in the hospital (Ramón Carrillo) bandaged and intubated and then in the barn, with makeup, but
with a gesture of serenity ", describes Agustín.
A recent family photo: Pablo, the firefighter, with his children Agustín, Ana and Mateo.
"We are in the hardest stage, that of remembering each of his last days."
Agustín is the oldest of the three children of Pablo and Alejandra. Her siblings are Ana and Mateo. "Dad went out of his way to be a firefighter, an activity from which he
was retired because he had already completed 25 years of service
, but he continued to give himself fully, because he was young, he was whole and above all he was his essence. He thinks that in that barracks he was since he was fourteen years old and once when I asked him how long he was going to be tied up and he told me:
'they take me out with my feet forward'. And so it was
. "
"Commitment, love and dedication," stresses Agustín, who reviews the fateful Tuesday of last week "when my old man woke up and took Mateo to school and from there,
when he was on his way home, the siren from the police station Firefighters diverted him
and introduced himself directly. He put on his uniform and along with other colleagues went there, as was to be expected from someone who considered his volunteerism as something that cannot be postponed. "
The last roast.
On Sunday, August 1, Pablo (head) organized a family barbecue.
The selfie was taken by his eldest son Agustín.
Agustín is surprised by the number of people who came to tell him about his father as well as those who, via networks, sent him information about the state of the building that suffered the fire.
"On the one hand, I am moved by the stories of people to whom my old man gave a hand; on the other, by the memory of Dad
I want to go to the end
, that everything is clarified, so that no one else has to suffer as we are suffering. families of Cristian Ragazzoni and Cristian Fedeli ".
MG
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