:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/XQRCUYSJRZAGNHQ75EPYQHSOTY.jpg "Two apartments were burned down in the Insurgentes Condominium fire; there is no trace of injury")
hours at 10:05 p.m. this Monday, the Mexico City Fire Department released the report of a fire at the iconic Insurgentes Condominium, also known as the Canada Building, which was evicted in 2012 by Civil Protection authorities.
According to initial information, the emergency services managed to deal with the accident and there are no traces of injuries.
Initially, the Secretariat for Integrated Risk Management and Civil Protection advised citizens to avoid the area as the extent of the incident was unknown.
However, a few minutes later, this same unit gave an update on the work and reported the extinction of the incident.
“In coordination with @SGIRPC_CDMX, we continue to work on site and inform that the fire is already extinguishedwe are carrying out evacuation and cooling work,” read the fire service networks at 11:09 p.m.
In coordination with @SGIRPC_CDMX We continue to work on site and inform that the fire is already out, we carry out removal and cooling work. pic.twitter.com/o1iEsS4Vsd
– Mexico City Official Fire Department (@Bomberos_CDMX) September 27, 2022
Once the personnel completed the work of extinguishing the flames, they began the work of cooling and removing the debris.
In addition, and as a preventive measure, 150 inhabitants of the property were evacuated, as it was sought to prevent them from being exposed to a possible assignment derived from the incident.
As reported on the firefighters’ social media, Chief Vulcano Cova was responsible for coordinating actions with the emergency services to control and put an end to the fire.
Even if the flames reached two apartmentswhich suffered damage, it was repeated that no one was injured.
“Following the fire, 2 apartments burned down, there were no injuries; thanks to the use of high-tech foam concentrate and the effectiveness of #vulcanos, the fire was brought under control. We report the service ended and the situation normal,” read an update from the authorities.
Today, only memories of that splendor that characterized the Condominium Insurgentes in the middle of the last century remain.
With its 16 floors and 56 meters highalso known as the Canada Building, was offered in the 1950s as luxury condominium with space for 420 offices in one of the most important areas of the Mexican capital.
Since its construction was completed in 1958 until 1985, this imposing building was consolidated as one of the most renowned constructions in the city.
However, several events have gradually dimmed its luminosity. The first of these was the earthquake of this morning of September 19, 1985.
Although it did not collapse like other nearby buildings, the Insurgentes condominium was badly damaged after the earthquake. Due to the structural effects, the authorities recommended that should be demolishedor, urgently repaired.
None of this happened and, unfortunately for this giant of the capital, a new tragedy occurred ten years later.
In mid-1995, the former Attorney General and Federal District Magistrate Abraham Polo Uscanga began to receive death threats, as it was suspected that he had important information about an alleged corruption network between the government and the transport company Ruta 100.
He June 19 of that year, Uscanga was found dead in his office, located on the ninth floor of the Canada Building, with a bullet to the head.
As if that were not enough, the Civil Protection evicted more than a hundred people from the place in 2012 and closed it because it had become a nerve center of the region.
However, over time, some have returned to the Canada Building, which, even without its splendor, still stands.
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