Overview
- The nighttime fire ignited in out-of-service train cars at the open-air Parque Ferroviario Colegiales on Moldes 800 near the Mitre line’s Colegiales station.
- City firefighters and police mounted an emergency response with two 38 mm attack lines and brought the flames under control shortly after midnight.
- Damage counts differ, with city officials reporting four units on fire while police sources cited five wagons plus a locomotive affected out of roughly ten stored.
- No injuries were reported, and crews conducted searches of the site to rule out victims.
- The origin remains under investigation, with unconfirmed social-media claims of cable burning by intruders at a depot under national jurisdiction that neighbors say lacks oversight.