Overview
- The fire broke out around 11 p.m. Saturday on calle 12 Bis in Ordóñez, in Córdoba's Unión department.
- Police said several children were in the rear cabin of a parked blue Mercedes-Benz 1114 when flames reached a bunk where the boy was playing.
- Adults tried to put out the blaze before police and emergency responders arrived, but the child could not be saved.
- Initial indications from police point to a small cooking cylinder igniting in the truck’s sleeping area, though the exact origin remains unconfirmed.
- The prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation and ordered forensic and procedural measures to establish how the fire started and whether there was negligence.