RAINS CAUSE FLOODING
Comandos de Salvamento responded to several emergencies due to the heavy rains that affected the national territory, caused by the passage of the tropical wave, which could affect part of this Monday. In Sensuntepeque, Cabañas,…
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Natural and man made disasters.
POWERFUL FIRE DESTROYS MARKET IN SANTA ANA
For nearly two hours, efforts were made to battle the flames that destroyed the Central Market of Santa Ana, where Bomberos, rescue organizations, Comandos de Salvamento, police, and the Army fought to control the fire.…
EXPLOSION AT SANTA ANA MARKET
Comandos de Salvamento of Santa Ana responded to an explosion caused by a propane tank at a local restaurant in the Santa Ana Market. Hecho ocurrió esta mañana en el Mercado Municipal de Santa Ana,…
ALERT CONTINUES DUE TO RAINS
Comandos de Salvamento maintains the alert at its local branches, where each delegate holds meetings with the Municipal Protección Civil Committees, with the aim of remaining attentive to any emergency that may occur in their…
COMMANDOS ON ALERT DUE TO HURRICANE IOTA
The Executive Directorate of Comandos de Salvamento has issued the alert to the 27 sections to remain on maximum alert and attentive to the Municipal Committees of Protección Civil, in view of the threat posed…
COMMANDS TO GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS
Thirty volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento will travel this Monday to Guatemala and Honduras to support search-and-rescue efforts for victims left by Hurricane ETA. The rescuers are trained in these efforts and will support the…
COMMANDOS ON RED ALERT DUE TO HURRICANE ETA
Comandos de Salvamento and the Municipal Commission of Protección Civil of Chinameca inspected the high area of Volcán Chaparrastique in San Miguel, in case of any danger. The Executive Directorate of Comandos de Salvamento has…
TRAGEDY IN NEJAPA/RECOVERY IN PROCESS
Since this last Thursday night, more than 100 of our volunteers have been currently recovering victims from a landslide that covered homes in Nejapa north of San Salvador in the neighborhoods of Los Angelitos 1 and…
FAMILY EVACUATIONS IN TEPECOYO
Comandos de Salvamento y Policía Nacional Civil of Tepecoyo, La Libertad, evacuated more than 20 people from Cantón Los Alpes, Asentamiento EL Refugio due to heavy rains that have hit the area over the last…
COMANDOS HELP EXTINGUISH FIRE IN CIUDAD ARCE
Five public-transport units were consumed Tuesday night at a lot where several microbuses were kept. The incident occurred at kilometer 40, in Barrio El Rosario, on the old road to Santa Ana, apparently due to…
FIRE CONSUMES TENEMENT IN BARRIO MODELO
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…
COUPLE DIES BURIED IN SAN MARCOS
Una pareja de esposos murió soterrada luego que muro soterró su vivienda en la colonia Buena Vista en San Marcos, San Salvador. Las víctimas fueron identificadas como René Alexander Morán de 28 años y Carmen…
