They extract sea water to attend fire in Panama

( Spanish) — A fire broke out on Tuesday morning in a warehouse in the Colon Free Zone, in Panama, which forced firefighters to extract seawater to put it out. Due to the drop in pressure, the water supply from France Field where the incident occurred could not be used, the Panama Fire Department revealed to .

In addition to salt water and the use of nine tanker cars to transport it, foam concentrate is used, with which they have confined the fire, said Abdiel Solís, director of the Panama Fire Department.

A uniformed man was slightly injured, as reported, by the collapse of part of the burned structure. So far six warehouses have burned, according to firefighters.

Warehouse in the Colon Free Zone, in Panama

Although no more injuries are reported at the moment, it was explained that some firefighters have had to be treated when affected by the high temperatures.