A fire broke out in front of a recycling plant in Arganda del Rey on the night of Sunday October 6. The fire burned four piles of plastic whose surface is located around the 1,000 square metersalthough firefighters prevented the flames from spreading, as reported by a spokesperson for Emergency 112 Community of Madrid.
Emergency services received the alert by telephone call at 11:17 p.m. this Saturday. After the notice, 15 fire teams from the Community of Madrid went to the site to work on extinguishing the fire, preventing the flames from spreading to an adjacent warehouse, where they only had to extinguish small outbreaks.
Firefighters deployed to the scene of the incident managed to brought the fire under control at 6:03 a.m. am. Despite this, the flames burned a pile of plastics whose area was approximately 1,000 square meters.
15 grants of #FirefightersCM They work to put out a plastic fire at a recycling warehouse.
Firefighters have so far prevented the fire from reaching an adjacent warehouse. pic.twitter.com/4uxOS0WSiN
— 112 Community of Madrid (@112cmadrid) October 6, 2024
One of the employees of the recycling plant was evacuated to the scene of the fire, where he was treated by the health services after being injured. slight smoke intoxication when the flames start. Health prevention is made up of Suma 112 and Surem-Protection Civile. The Civil Guard is already investigating what happened.
