Overview
- At the Cinemark Hoyts inside Shopping Abasto, a fryer fire reported Saturday at midday spread to ticketing-area furniture before staff fought it with portable extinguishers.
- City firefighters and police set up at the Anchorena and Zelaya entrance as emergency medics from SAME treated people and oversaw a partial evacuation and a full safety inspection.
- SAME reported nine patients in total, with four needing help to breathe and three kept under clinical observation at the scene.
- Two men were taken to hospital, including a 21-year-old for smoke inhalation and a 40-year-old for smoke inhalation and a first-degree burn to a hand, according to SAME.
- Videos on social media showed a smoke-filled hall and people moving outside to stairways and a street-front bar, while officials said the fire was contained and checks were underway to confirm the area was safe.