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Two Injured in Apartment Fire in Caracas' 23 de Enero District

From El Nacional · () Spanish

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  • Two people were injured in a fire at an apartment in Block 7 of the Monte Piedad sector in Caracas' 23 de Enero parish.
  • One man suffered first-degree burns to his left lower limb, while another was affected by smoke inhalation.
  • Firefighters provided on-site medical care and extinguished the fire before it spread to adjacent apartments and floors.

Two people were injured Saturday when a fire broke out in an apartment in Block 7 of the Monte Piedad sector in Caracas' 23 de Enero parish.

Fire chief Pablo Antonio Palacios Salazar said one man suffered first-degree burns to his left lower limb. Another person was affected by smoke inhalation. Firefighters provided both with prehospital care and basic life support at the scene.

The fire started in an approximately 60-square-meter apartment on the first floor of a four-story building occupied by several families. Firefighters used their equipment and mounted a direct attack on the blaze.

Their rapid response fully extinguished the flames and prevented them from spreading to neighboring apartments and floors.

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