Guayaquil Ecuador: Firefighters lack adequate water pressure in fight of high-rise fire

Eluniverso.com reported that a fire started at 16:20. Initially firefighters deployed a ladder and threw water, whose Jet failed to the 15th floor. Later, when at least ten affected had been evacuated, the soldiers tied lengths of hose, but there was not enough pressure to reach the flames, instead earning ratio. Firefighters in Guayaquil failed twice to reach the flames that consumed the afternoon of the 19th floor of the Panorama building, located at waterfront Simón Bolívar and passage Abdón Calderón, in the Bay. Read Article

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source: Ecua911