ELDERLY WOMAN DIES IN FIRE IN SAN SALVADOR
This afternoon, units from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador traveled to Avenida Irazú in Colonia Costa Rica, San Salvador. At around four in the afternoon, a call alerted authorities to a fire at the…
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FIREWORKS BURNING CAUSES TRAGEDY IN CHINAMECA
What appeared to be the traditional celebration of Chinameca’s patron saint festivities turned into a tragedy when the fireworks display announcing the festivities in that city in the eastern part of the country got out…
BULL FIGURE BURNS 16 PEOPLE IN ZACATECOLUCA
What was supposed to be a celebration turned into pain for 16 people who suffered burns of varying degrees during the festivities held by the brotherhood of the Parish of Hermano Pedro, in Zacatecoluca, Departamento…
WORKER SUFFERS ELECTRIC SHOCK
Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, Sonsonate branch, were alerted this morning about a person who had suffered an electric shock while working on the roof of a home in Nahuilingo. Comandos de Salvamento…
TWO DEAD IN SCRAP YARD FIRE
Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador were alerted this morning about a fire on 34th. Avenida Norte, in Barrio Lourdes, San Salvador. The incident was caused by an explosion at the scrap yard, causing the…
FIRES ENDANGER HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
On Monday afternoon, several families from Comunidad 15 de marzo, located at kilometer 3.5 of Bulevar del Ejército, on the boundaries of San Salvador and Soyapango, experienced moments of anguish as they watched their homes…
FIRE DESTROYS MEGA PLAZA AGAIN
This afternoon, a new fire consumed several commercial premises located in the Mega Plaza of Sonsonate Centro, leaving considerable material losses. Rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador assisted Bomberos Nacionales in controlling the…
FIVE DEAD IN FIRE NEAR HISTORIC CENTER
Early this morning, a voracious fire consumed several homes located on 6.ª Avenida Sur, two blocks south of Parque Libertad, in the Historic Center of the Salvadoran capital. Responders from Comandos de Salvamento de El…
TWO PEOPLE BURNED WHEN TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE
This morning, rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Zacatecoluca branch, assisted two people who suffered first- and second-degree burns when the vehicle in which they were traveling caught fire. The incident occurred on…
FIRE AT MEGA PLAZA SONSONATE
Tonight, a voracious fire consumed more than ten stalls installed inside the Mega Plaza in Sonsonate. Through the prompt intervention of the Cuerpo de Bomberos Nacionales, Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Sonsonate chapter, Policía…
FIRE CONSUMES 10 BUSES IN SOYAPANGO
Early Saturday morning, a fire destroyed nearly ten units of public transportation from routes 301 and 306 at a lot in Colonia Antekirta, where they were stored in Soyapango. The fire destroyed the parked buses…
COMMANDOS CALL FOR PREVENTION WHEN USING FIREWORKS
Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador conducted a drill this morning involving people affected by pyrotechnic products at Centenario Park in San Salvador. The drill, in which four people suffered serious fireworks burns, was intended…
