At least three schools were evacuated when a fire broke out in an abandoned restaurant in the Paso Ancho neighborhood of Puerto Vallarta.
According to municipal police, around 07:30 a.m. on Wednesday, it was reported that under the bridge towards Paso Ancho, an abandoned restaurant was being consumed by flames, to which Civil Protection and Firefighters immediately responded.
Due to the proximity of the 84 Valentín Gómez Farías Secondary School, the Benito Juárez elementary school, and the Miguel Hidalgo preschool, the PC authorities decided to evacuate the educational establishments in a preventive manner, for which hundreds of minors evacuated their classrooms and returned to their homes.
Upon their arrival, the municipal elements aboard units PC-85 and 87, as well as PC-191, supported by the state company PT-278, began to put out the flames, extending the work for several hours.
Despite the fact that the incident consumed a large part of the palapa of the abandoned restaurant and caused damage to the electrical system, no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Other recent fires in Puerto Vallarta
On January 19, Puerto Vallarta firefighters had a busy morning with two apartment building fires within hours of each other, one in Marina Vallarta and another leaving an injured person in La Aurora.
Two apartment buildings caught fire just a few hours apart on the morning of Thursday, January 19, leaving extensive damage.
The first occurred at dawn in the exclusive area of Marina Vallarta, where elements of Civil Protection and Firefighters from Jalisco and Puerto Vallarta went to put out the flames.
The event occurred on the 12th floor of the Bay View Grand Marina Vallarta Complex, affecting the living room, dining room, service area, and one bedroom.
The fire was controlled by the Internal Unit using the building’s fire-fighting system, so municipal and state firefighters provided support with cooling and ventilation.
No injuries were reported in the event.
Hours later, in apartment 41 of building 2022 A of the popular neighborhood La Aurora, smoke was reported.
Immediately elements of the Civil Protection and Fire Department of Puerto Vallarta and Jalisco began to put out the flames in the apartment that, according to the neighbors, lives a person whom they consider to be a hoarder, who suffered first-degree burns.
