Overview
- The fire erupted around 10 AM in a wicker and fiberboard shop at Puerto de Frutos and spread to a neighboring storefront before responders arrived.
- Prefectura Naval led a coordinated effort with assistance from the Tigre Fire Department, Centro de Operaciones Tigre and Civil Defense to contain the blaze in under 30 minutes.
- Merchants and visitors were evacuated as a precaution and no fatalities occurred; one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation and has since been released.
- The riverside commercial promenade resumed normal trading later the same day after damage was confined to the two affected stores.
- Local authorities are probing the cause of the fire after a similar incident in August 2023 highlighted recurrent safety gaps at the market.