The quick reaction of two uniformed Police officers prevented a fire from spreading inside a home located in the Marsella neighborhood, in the town of Kennedy, west of Bogotá. The incident occurred while the police were on duty and responded to the urgent call from the community, which alerted about a large amount of smoke coming out of the property.
Upon arriving at the scene, the uniformed officers found that one of the rooms of the house was on fire and that the occupants could not access the affected room. Given the seriousness of the situation and the risk of the fire spreading, the police made the decision to break one of the windows to enter the house.
With the support of neighbors, who provided buckets of water and fire extinguishers, the uniformed officers began work to contain the fire and prevent further damage. The joint action allowed the fire to be controlled preliminarily while emergency agencies arrived.
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Minutes later, units from the Bogotá Official Fire Department arrived at the site and completely extinguished the fire, which was concentrated in one of the rooms of the house. According to authorities, there were no injuries and the damage was only material.
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Lieutenant Colonel Natalia Borda, head of the Community Police Group of the Bogotá Metropolitan Police, confirmed that the timely intervention prevented a situation of greater magnitude and highlighted the coordination between the Police and the community during the emergency.
One of the police officers who participated in responding to the incident, auxiliary Andrés Garzón, said that upon observing the amount of smoke they decided to act immediately, enter the property and request support from the neighbors to put out the flames while waiting for the firefighters to arrive.
Finally, the Bogotá Police reiterated the call to citizens to adopt prevention measures within homes, especially in the use of electrical appliances, avoiding electrical overloads that could generate short circuits. Likewise, he recalled the importance of reporting any emergency in a timely manner through line 123.