Fire in the Cidade do Samba is controlled, said Fire Department Union Island barracks, Portela, Rio Grande and were met Liesa. Fire started at about 7am on Monday (7)

 

                                          After nearly four hours, firefighters
managed to control, at around 11am
This Monday (7), the fire
magnitude that struck the City
Samba, in Gamboa, the port area of Rio de
January. The fire started shortly after
7h. According to agents that are in place,
situation is already under control, but
work is not complete because there
risks of new outbreaks of fire.
The public relations of Firefighters, the
Lieutenant Colonel Alexandre Rocha said
The fire started in the shed of the Rio Grande,
school most affected, and spread
quickly through the barracks of the Union
Island and Portela and the cultural space
Liesa (Independent League of Schools
Samba).
Also according to Richardson, there are risks of
landslides in some areas of
sheds, especially those of the Rio Grande
Portela.Um and fireman and a man of
approximately 30 years were intoxicated
with smoke. The soldier was taken to
hospital corporation, while the man
was referred to hospital Souza
Faria, at the center.
The props of the Rio Grande, Simon Garcia,
26, was injured while jumping from 3rd floor
to escape the fire. He suffered
bruises and was taken to hospital
Souza Aguiar in the center.
Still no official information on
victims. Witnesses said that many
workers were sleeping at the time of
fire, but managed to leave on time.
Tragedy one month before Carnival
A big hit incêdio City
Samba, in the port area of Rio de Janeiro,
at around 7am on Monday (7). The
Fire destroyed much of the barracks
Portela schools, Union Island and Great
River, as well as a cultural space of Liesa
(Independent League of Samba Schools). The
tragedy occurred to one month's Carnival.
About 120 firefighters and four quarters
with 20 vehicles took more than four
hours to extinguish flames, which could
be viewed from various points of the capital and
deNiterói up city in the region
Metropolitan State.
The mayor promised to help with Eduardo Paes
money for the Rio Grande, the Union Island
and Portela. He said he plans
talk with the president of Liesa, Jorge
Castanheira, to decide how best to
help schools. Resources can be of
own municipality or come from partnerships with
private initiative.
- I've been here twice this year. I know
will be difficult to recover the work of a
whole year in 30 days.
Portelense, the mayor argued that Liesa
amend the regulation so that no
school to be lowered during Carnival 2011.
The weather also takes care of despair
Carnival in Rio after a fire that
reached Samba City in Zone
Port of Rio de Janeiro on the morning of
Monday (7). The flames that took
account of the place where work sheds
14 samba schools were controlled
just before 11am. In all, 39 cars
Firefighters from seven men and 80 barracks
acted conspicuously.

The craftsman Simon Garcia, 26, who
working in the shed of the Rio Grande, was
injured. He slept in the hall of the school
when the flames started. Startled, he
threw himself on the 3rd floor of the building to escape
fire. The boy was taken to the Hospital
Souza Aguiar, where he remains hospitalized.
 Drama
 Less than a month to the Carnival, the
fire started just before 7am,
destroyed the fourth floor - where they are props and
workshops - Portela schools, Union
Island, Great River and the shed League
Independent Schools of Samba.
The tension is total and the other associations
already expressed solidarity with the schools
affected. Fillardis Ney, chairman of
Union Island, said that despite the
sadness, we must race against time.