A 75-year-old man died this morning and another 40 people were evacuated after the fire in a building in the city of
Córdoba
, the provincial police reported.
The event occurred after 3 o'clock today in a building located at 650 Bedoya Street, in the Cofico neighborhood, where
a fire had started on the first floor
, the spokespersons explained according to the data provided by the Fire Department.
The building has six levels.
As soon as the fire was extinguished, it was found that an elderly man was dead, while 40 residents were evacuated, of which an 80-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman were transferred to different hospitals with poisoning due to
inhalation of monoxide. carbon
.
The fatal victim, according to neighbors, lived alone in apartment 1D, where the fire originated.
Commissioner Diego Cepeda explained to Télam that when the alert arrived they moved quickly to collaborate with the evacuation, and explained that the causes are being investigated by Personnel from the Firefighters Casualty Division.
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Now, Justice has intervened in the incident and is investigating the circumstances under which the fire occurred.
With information from Télam