Effective Fire Park City of Cartagena got yesterday afternoon quell the fire that occurred in a fenced place Los Pinos, near Mills Marfagones, and which were burned eleven dogs that were locked up there.
The incident took place about 17 hours.
A call from the Nursing Home Los Almendros, close to where about 150 meters, was alerted to the emergency room of 112, with the possibility that the fire will affect your facility and was necessary to evacuate.
Cartagena alerted firefighters, went immediately to the place where they found a great deal of fire that also required the presence of two vehicles nurse, a fire engine and a light vehicle.
The fire involved two fenced areas, a few thousand square meters each, separated by the road from the farm near Buenos Aires with the Mill Zabala.
Each of the hedges contained wooden pallets, sheets, mattresses, lockers and other items.
Also had more than twenty dogs, caring owner.
Being so wide attack area, three facilities were installed, as there were several dogs trapped by fire.
During extinction was necessary to use water and air cylinders and shears, as in some sections, the fence had been made with iron wire mesh.
One of the firefighters suffered burns in the neck to access a closed container that was being taken to hospital for review.
After three hours and 45 minutes, and after nine firefighters involved, managed to quell the incident, accounting for the deaths of eleven dogs burned.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena