Overview
- A blaze in the Las Mercedes settlement on Friday evening reduced seven homes in block L to ashes, displacing multiple families.
- A separate fire on Calle G in the A.H. El Indio consumed the Ojeda Huertas family’s house and caused severe material losses.
- Preliminary findings point to an electrical short circuit in the El Indio case, while the origin of the Las Mercedes fire remains under investigation.
- No fatalities were reported, but residents described total losses despite rescuing a few belongings during the evacuations.
- Neighbors first tried to fight the flames with buckets before firefighters, Serenazgo, PNP Tacalá officers and municipal water tankers contained the emergencies.