(11 Jul 2025)
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Santiago, Chile – 10 July 2025
1. Firefighters using aerial lift to reach window
2. Smoking building, firefighters nearby
3. Firefighters walking out from smoke in corridor
4. Firefighters carrying dog from lift
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mario Desbordes, Mayor of Santiago:
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"The fire started in the basement, it has not yet been contained, it has not yet been extinguished. A lot of dense smoke is emanating. There are no injured people. More than 100 have been evacuated by firefighters. We are checking floor by floor to make sure that there are no people inside. We are also working to rescue pets."
6. Various of firefighters carrying dog from lift
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Felicita Mamani, resident:
“I’m still missing more of my dear pets, I’m still missing three cats.”
8. Dog "Bams’ being carried by firefighter
9. Dog "Bams" reunited with owner Felicita Mamani
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan David Fernandez, resident:
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"The firefighters knock on the door and about six of them came in with wet towels. One of them helped me take Odin to the street. It was complicated enough to get out of the house.”
11. Resident of burnt building, Juan David Fernandez sitting with dog Odin
STORYLINE:
Firefighters in Chile scrambled Thursday to rescue residents and their pets from a building that filled with smoke from a fire in its basement.
Mario Desbordes, Mayor of the Chilean capital Santiago, said that while the fire was still blazing, over 100 people were rescued from the building and there were no reported injuries.
Desbordes said the fire started in the building’s basement, used to store cardboard and plastic boxes.
The first responders’ teams reported that 40 people were treated after inhaling smoke or for shock.
Residents of the high-rise building were mainly concerned about their pets and thanked the firefighters for helping them to evacuate without leaving them behind.
The firefighter department confirmed the fire did not spread to the apartments.
AP Video shot by Mauricio Cuevas
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