Incendio en fábrica de plásticos consume papel y plásticos. Nube se ve a varios kilómetros a la redonda.
3 de enero de 2019
el C4 de Tijuana recibió el reporte del incendio de una fábrica de cartón y plástico de reciclaje por lo cual servicios de emergencias acudieron al lugar. La fábrica de la empresa B&B Plastics está ubicada en la delegación Otay-Centenario, en Tijuana y el reporte se recibió alrededor de las 11:45 horas. Los elementos de emergencia y de cinco estaciones de bomberos llegaron a la calle 12 Norte de la colonia Chilpancingo para controlar el incendio. Hasta el momento no se reportan personas heridas y fueron evacuados alrededor de 119 empleados que laboraban en el lugar.
Fuentes: https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2019/1/3/reportan-incendio-en-fabrica-de-plasticos-carton-de-tijuana-video-71704.html
Imagenes de Twitter: https://x.com/TijuanaLocal/status/1080922350583836672
https://x.com/ACristinaTLMD20/status/1080947759769804801
https://regeneracion.mx/registran-incendio-en-fabrica-de-plasticos-en-tijuana-videos-imagenes/
https://lasillarota.com/estados/2019/1/3/video-se-incendia-fabrica-de-plasticos-en-tijuana-176527.html
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Tijuana Factory Catches Fire Near Otay Mesa Port of Entry, Smoke Seen in San Diego
By Andrew Johnson • Published January 3, 2019 • Updated on January 3, 2019 at 6:32 pm
Source: Channel 7 San Diego
The fire sparked around 11:30 a.m. at the B&B Plastics factory located less than a mile from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry
A fast-moving fire ripped through a factory in Tijuana, Mexico, near a major border crossing Thursday afternoon, sending thick smoke into the air visible from the San Diego side of the border.
Crews with the Tijuana Fire Department, also known as the Direccion de Bomberos Tijuana, rushed to the B&B Plastics factory at around 11:30 a.m. to investigates reports of a fire burning at the business.
The factory is located on Calle 12 Norte in CD Industrial area, less than a mile away from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
Plumes of thick, black smoke quickly filled the air around the factory. San Diegans reported seeing the smoke from the United States side of the border.
An NBC 7 viewer in the Eastlake area snapped a photo of the smoke, taken more than a dozen miles away from the site of the fire.
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The smoke was also captured by SDG&E cameras and UC San Diego’s cameras overlooking areas such as Otay Mountain West.
In a message posted to Twitter just after 12 p.m., Cal Fire San Diego confirmed the blaze was not a threat to the U.S.-Mexico border.
.@CALFIRESANDIEGO is aware of a large column of dark smoke in the area of the international border. There is a structure fire in Mexico and is not a threat to the border. pic.twitter.com/qqCEZbGItD
— CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) January 3, 2019
By 2:10 p.m., the fire had been knocked out.
