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Firefighters Manage to Contain Fire in Puente Alto Wastebasket but Emergency Continues

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About 220 volunteers from Firefighters continued working this morning -with the help of 50 bomb cars - in the fight against a fire that began Tuesday afternoon in facilities of the Papeles Cordillera plant, belonging to CMPC, in the municipality of Puente Alto.In this regard, Sergio Pinilla, commander of Firefighters of Punte Alto, pointed out near midnight that “the fire is not controlled, it is contained”, so the work would continue during the…

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The fire that affected the wastebaskets of the Paper and Cartons Manufacturing Company (CMPC) in the municipality of Puente Alto is already contained. The fire was recorded in the afternoon of last Tuesday at the intersection of Eyzaguirre Avenue with Nonato Coo. The emergency teams worked throughout the night to contain the disaster. According to a statement from the CMCP to which BioBioChile had access, the volunteers, along with Carabineros, …

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About 220 volunteers from Firefighters continued working this morning -with the help of 50 bomb cars - in the fight against a fire that began Tuesday afternoon in facilities of the Papeles Cordillera plant, belonging to CMPC, in the municipality of Puente Alto.In this regard, Sergio Pinilla, commander of Firefighters of Punte Alto, pointed out near midnight that “the fire is not controlled, it is contained”, so the work would continue during the…

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During the early hours of Wednesday, March 4, the Municipality of Puente Alto reported the suspension of classes in four educational establishments in the municipality, due to the emergency caused by the gigantic fire that affects the Trash. The measure, officially communicated by the communal authorities, seeks to protect the health of children, teachers and workers in the face of complex environmental conditions and the presence of smoke in th…

The fire that affects the plant Papers of the company CMPC, in the municipality of Puente Alto, south-eastern sector of the capital, added new background during the night, after videos that show the magnitude of the accident were viralized in social networks, reports DNA Radio. In the images, the fire is completely active, with flames of great height that —preliminarily— would be consuming pallets in the later sector of the industrial enclosure.…

A fire of great magnitude is affecting the storage yards for recycling of the Company Manufacturer of Papers and Cartons (CMPC) Cordillera Papers, located in the sector of Eyzaguirre Avenue with street Tomé, in the municipality of Puente Alto.Near 19 hours this Tuesday the emergency was decreed in which 23 carts of major material of the Corps of Firemen of Puente Alto, belonging to its ten companies, work.The units deployed include bomb cars, ta…

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pnt.cl broke the news in on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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