Emergency personnel from the surrounding municipalities of Guadalajara are working to combat a fire that broke out in the City Club supermarket, located at the confluence of Patria, Tepeyac and Clouthier avenues, in Zapopan.
At the moment, firefighters are working in the surroundings of the establishment, and the fire is already contained and the risk of expansion to the Soriana store, located next door, has been ruled out, explains the head of the Jalisco Civil Protection Unit, Víctor Hugo Roldan, “We have already checked the border with the other supermarket, fortunately we have a gap, a good space, about approximately seven meters. We have these five fronts working, and we continue looking for how to enter the internal part and the eastern part.”
The official rules out injuries or personal losses, since the clients were evacuated adequately, while a video circulates on social networks that shows that the fire could have started in the appliance area, at the back of the establishment, “it seems “The brigade did its job, but unfortunately I think they couldn’t contain it…”
Personnel from the Federal Electricity Commission cut off the supply of electricity to facilitate the work in the establishment that is completely burned, “we have an area of approximately 80 by 75 meters, approximately, and everything is completely spread, some colleagues were already coping In the internal part we are only going to be aware of what the roof is, to avoid any possible risk of collapse.”
This is the second fire that has been recorded in a week, the other occurred in a Walmart branch, located on Anillo Periférico, at the height of Guadalupe Avenue, also in Zapopan. To put out the fire, 145 elements with 68 vehicles belonging to 14 relief corporations are working at the point.
