It was around three o’clock in the morning this Saturday when flames and a column of smoke were clearly visible from a distance in what is known as the Sepes industrial zone, in Cuenca. There, in the warehouse located on the Motilla highway, at that time the offices and parked buses were burning. within the Rubiocar companyone of the most important passenger transport services in Castile-La Mancha.
This was reported early in the morning by the 112 emergency service, which received a notification at 3:04 a.m. due to the fire breaking out in this industrial warehouse, due to which it was abandoned. completely burned, as were 15 buses that were inside the building.according to municipal sources told ABC.
Fortunately, no one was injured following these events, but the deployment of emergency services was significant, as the police had to travel. Civil Guard, National Police and Local Police of Cuencaas well as the municipal firefighters, who, after more than four hours, managed to extinguish the flames that devoured the Rubiocar company facilities.
In fact, the intervention of the firefighters began upon receipt of the notice and lasted until around 7:50 a.m., in an operation in which the presence of two teams with a high-altitude vehicle and another pump was necessary to carry out rapid intervention. extinguishing the fire.
The troops of this corps still work in the confinement of the building structure because, according to what they point out, it risks collapsing after the fire. Its objective, explain municipal sources, is to verify and inspect that there is no impact on adjacent warehouses and to prevent access of people so that there are no injuries. .