Santos Fire Displaces 115 in Dique da Vila Gilda With No Deaths Reported

Overview

• The blaze began around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on Rua Caminho São José in Rádio Clube and burned about 300 m² of the palafitas settlement.
• Between six and seven dwellings were damaged, leaving 115 residents without homes, with 50 families registered for assistance as counts are finalized.
• Ten fire vehicles and roughly 30 firefighters, aided by residents, contained the flames, and two people treated by the mobile emergency service declined hospital transfer.
• State Civil Defense and the São Paulo social fund sent mattresses, food baskets, water, clothing, and hygiene and cleaning kits, while a city shelter took in three people.
• The incident highlights recurring fire risk as Santos and the federal government advance land regularization and projects such as Parque Palafitas and 60 modular homes.