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‘Everything burned’: Residents describe how a fire destroyed their homes in central San José
Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A fire that began Saturday night spread through shops, homes and rooming houses in central San José.
- Residents described leaving their homes as the blaze caused damage across 4,100 square meters.
Residents of central San José described fleeing their homes after a fire spread through shops, houses and rooming buildings, leaving damage across 4,100 square meters.
The fire began on Saturday night and moved through the central area, affecting both commercial and residential properties. Residents recounted how they escaped as the flames reached their homes.
“Everything burned,” the headline quotes residents as saying, capturing the scale of the destruction described in their accounts.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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