He fire, declared this Tuesday at the headquarters of the Municipal Police of Pamplonaoh yeah control but still not extinguished at all, it did not cause any damage to the building structure which for the moment, “as a precautionary measure” until the air quality is assessed, remains closed to the public.
This was communicated by the Mayor Joseba Asirónwho pointed out that transfer is not planned of the Municipal Police or of the relevant services due to the fire, the causes of which are currently under investigation.
About 20 hours have passed since the fire broke out on the roof covered by solar panels and after “a very long night”, the fire, he said, “is controlled and virtually extinguished“.
This is not entirely false since, he explained, according to the technical criteria firefighters say it is better to continue burning the wooden parts of the old structure rather than “solving it by pouring water.”
After emphasizing that the most important thing is that There were no personal injuriesAssyron indicated however that Two families had to be evacuated “due to respiratory problems of some of its members, but they have already returned home.”
What burned was “the superstructure, above the top floor” without the fire reaching the concrete slab which communicates with the floors and therefore without reaching the rest of the floors.
“The water has passed through some areas, but not the fire, which is significant, and therefore the material damage is concentrated in the upper part of the building,” detailed Asirón, who stressed that the technicians He was told that “the structure of the building was not affected.”
Regarding the activity of the force, he said that it was not interrupted, that the agents continued to carry out their activity, even if some services were moved due to the instructions of the Occupational Risk Prevention Service“for a principle of prudence until the level of air quality is well known”. For this reason, this Wednesday there will be no attention to the public and in the coming days “it will be seen on the fly”.
What has excluded for the moment is a transfer of the municipal police and the services offered to citizens in this building. “We will see how things evolve in the coming days, but in principle work is underway,” he stressed in this regard.
He also reported that instructions have already been given to the various municipalities to in contact with insurers to “begin working to reverse these effects.”
THE expertsfor their part, work in the clarification of what could have been the causes of firewhich, he stressed, is “fundamental” in determining whether measures should be adopted to prevent events of this nature from occurring.
Asked about the existence of other buildings that could have a structure combining solar panels and wood, he said: “At the beginning, we don’t know,” and of course, he added, any statement made today is “very bold” and it could for example associate fire with a certain installation.
“It’s something that is subject to investigation and you will allow me to be very careful about this,” he said.
“It is our duty to be prepared and of course to put the technical means so that the necessary referrals and inspections can be carried out to ensure that this is an isolated event,” he stressed.
Asirón concluded by expressing his gratitude to fire department for their uninterrupted work since Tuesday at 2 p.m., as well as the Municipal Police and the rest of the emergency services.
