Overview

• The blaze broke out around 5:28 a.m. at Alondra Comunidad Terapéutica in the Burócratas del Estado neighborhood.
• Two 14-year-old girls died at the scene and a woman estimated at 30 to 35 years old died later at Hospital Universitario.
• Rescuers evacuated ten people from the facility and treated five women for smoke inhalation at the site.
• Firefighters contained the flames as residents from a nearby men’s rehab center helped rescue six women who were unharmed.
• State forensic teams recovered the bodies and opened a case file as authorities review safety measures and examine an electrical failure as a possible cause within a year of rising urban fire incidents.