A school bus caught fire on Tuesday at the intersection of General Paz and Del Libertador avenues, and the shocking fire generated alert to motorists circulating in the area.
The incident occurred after 14 p.m. on the descent of Avenida del Libertador, hand to Province. City Firefighters approached that place alerted after a 911 call.
Upon arrival, they made a cordon to keep safe the 32 children and 4 teachers of the kindergarten of school No. 6 of Olivos who were traveling in the school bus. They were taken inside the parking lot of a supermarket located two blocks from the place. All passengers managed to be evacuated.
Firefighters attacked and dominated the igneous focus with a line of 38 millimeters. After putting out the fire, an inspection was made on the vehicle that was completely consumed by the flames.
They investigate the causes of the origin of the fire that generated tension on General Paz. A dense column of black smoke was spotted for long kilometers. The videos of the moment were soon replicated on social networks.
The exit of Del Libertador Avenue to the north was closed to traffic during the work of the Firefighters and personnel of the SAME, who found that there were no injuries.
The fire in a building in Libertador and Salguero
A fire in a 9-story building on Libertador Avenue at 2500, corner Salguero, led two weeks ago to a large evacuation operation, with traffic cuts and a lot of police presence. Seven people had to be treated for smoke inhalation, but four of them had to be taken to hospital.
It happened on May 11, when brigades of City Firefighters were moved to the place to fight the fire, which began on the top floor of the tower in an exclusive area of Palermo and is already controlled.
Due to the flames they had to evacuate the neighbors and the presence of Psychological Cabinet personnel was requested to assist the owners. Seven people had to be assisted, of which four were transferred to the Fernández Hospital for carbon monoxide inhalation. They are three majors and one minor.
