Provisional data show that the fire that destroyed 268 stores in a Caracas market on Sunday caused damage to 11 Portuguese commercial spaces, three of them registering total losses, a consular source told Lusa.
A team from the consulate was on site today, monitoring the situation. There were 11 affected businesses, eight of them partially and three totally destroyed,” the Portuguese consul general in Caracas told Lusa.
Licínio Bingre do Amaral explained that these are “small commercial spaces” in the Los Corotos Market, where drinks, men’s clothing and footwear, electronic accessories, bedding, stationery and cakes (sweets) were sold.
the consulate [de Portugal em Caracas] is monitoring the situation and is available to people. No orders have been placed yet [de ajuda]”, stressed the consul, specifying that some Portuguese have not yet been able to access the place to assess the damage caused by the flames.
According to the Venezuelan authorities, a A fire in a well-known shopping center in Caracas destroyed 268 commercial spaces this Sunday, some of them Portuguese.
The fire, which only caused material damage, occurred in the Galerías Quinta Crespo shopping center (downtown Caracas) and destroyed the entire area where the Mercado de Los Corotos was located, a well-known place for the sale of second-hand items for the home. . of clothes.
A Authorities are investigating the causes of the fire to determine the origin.
According to neighbors near the shopping center destroyed by the fire, at least three Portuguese lost all the products they had to sell.
Neighbors of the sector and some affected people called attention to the fact that the Los Corotos Market is close to the popular Quinta Crespo Municipal Market, which is larger.
The fire, they insisted, did not affect the Municipal Market of Quinta Crespo, which works normally, and where dozens of Portuguese sell vegetables, fruits, meat and fish, which will end up on the table of the people of Caracas.
Source: Observadora
