Florence, 18 June 2024 – Fire in a technical room of shopping center Esselunga in via Antonio Gramsci a Sesto Fiorentino. This morning, June 18, the flames and smoke, for reasons still being ascertained, affected the second basement floor of the building: the entire building was evacuated as a precaution. According to what was found by Arpat technicians, the flames broke out in the technical room where the compressors of the refrigeration systems are housed, while maintenance work was underway.
The scene of the fire in the shopping center in Sesto Fiorentino (Photo from the social media of the President of the Region Eugenio Giani)
The call to the firefighters of the Florence command went out at 9.30, with the Fi-Ovest detachment team on site. They entered the room filled with combustion fumes and put out the fire. The air tank was also sent to the site to support the team and to ventilate the rooms. Long operations to make the premises affected by the fire safe, for which 3 tankers were used, one from the fire brigade command of Lawn. The technicians Arpatafter the relevant findings, advised those who live near the shopping center to keep the windows closed and limit outdoor exposure.
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The support of the ladder truck is also essential to allow the evacuation of two workers on the roof of the building to carry out maintenance work, which due to the presence of fumes were unable to descend from the stairwell. The intervention of health personnel and the official to coordinate the rescue operations was requested on site as a precaution.
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The previous
In this same period, three years ago, a fire another shopping center, the Coop one in Ponte a Greve, was devastated. Fortunately no one was involved or injured, but there was great fear due to the black smoke and very high flames that destroyed the structure. The firefighters, who promptly intervened inside the structure, tried to limit the damage by working non-stop for days. Since June 3, 2021, the date on which the flames broke out, the supermarket reopened on March 3 of the following year.
The supermarket before and after
