19 years ago, a powerful earthquake shook El Salvador, leaving nearly one thousand people dead, injured, and thousands homeless. One of the worst scenes was in Santa Tecla, where part of the Bálsamo mountain range buried the Las Colinas housing complex, where hundreds of families were surprised by the landslide that buried their homes….
Traffic accidents are a daily occurrence and, according to PNC statistics, more than 200 road accidents have already been recorded so far this year, putting emergency-response organizations on alert as they have to double their efforts to assist victims. Comandos de Salvamento assisted motorcyclist José Antonio Molina, 29, this morning. He suffered several injuries when…
About 15 people awoke on Sunday night in a residential tenement located at the end of 1st Avenida Sur and Calle Modelo, in Barrio Modelo. At around eight-thirty, some neighbors reported that smoke was coming from a room. Units from the Cuerpo de Bomberos de El Salvador, supported by members of the emergency-relief organizations, arrived…
