Overview
- The blaze at Edificio Libertad in Buenos Aires, which began Saturday around 8 p.m., led crews to evacuate roughly 60 to 75 people.
- Five people were treated for smoke or carbon monoxide inhalation, with no hospital transfers reported.
- City firefighters, federal police, and emergency medics contained the flames and kept working to cool hot spots as thick smoke slowed inspections.
- Investigators are reviewing conflicting early reports that point to either a rear shooting range or a storage area between the 12th and 13th floors as the origin.
- Officials described material damage in upper areas but no major structural harm or deaths, and a similar fire in September 2025 has renewed calls for checks at the site.