Fire consumes housing in neighborhood agricultural Villas

At least 15 houses were devoured by a fire that occurred in the neighborhood La Laguna of Villas farm.

Incident originated approximately at 5: 00 in the afternoon and was suppressed after 8: 00 pm, because of the difficulty facing relief workers to penetrate to the place

"I lost everything." "I just saved the life of my seven children, I was barefoot and with the clothes that I've been putting," said Mrs Alexandrine Mars García.

It was reported that the House of his mother Joanna grace was also consumed by the flames with all its grave goods inside, so asked the Government for it to go in their relief.

Work
to the work of the extinction of the flames were 12 units of the Corps of firefighters of the National District and Santo Domingo Norte who gave support, including two trucks tanks.

El mayor Eleodoro Contreras of the Corps of firefighters of Santo Domingo Norte, reported last night that they had not been u000aaccounting for damage and the exact number of affected housing, because this is a neighbourhood of difficult access.

And it is that the neighborhood is surrounded by buildings of two and three levels, located on the sides of the new market of the Duarte, right on the avenida Los Mártires.

"We are working with much difficulty, because there was so narrow that it had to enter and leave aside", added.

These difficulties was joined by the presence of onlookers that they gathered on the site and that they prevented firefighters maneuvered to quell the flames.

The largest number of onlookers were children aged between seven and 13, who went from one side to another and prevented until that trucks and ambulances were placed at points strategic.

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