A fire destroys a village in the industrial city of Curitiba; firefighters talk about 300 affected homes | Paraná

It is not yet known how the fire started. Some locals, however, claim that it is a reprisal for the recent murder of a military policeman in the neighborhood. The military police and the civilian police have not yet made their point on the issue known.

"It was two hours of firefighting, measuring, first of all, we think that about 10 000 square meters and about 300 houses [tenham sido destruídos] but more in the morning, we can do better", said fire captain Rafaela Diotalevi.

City Council estimated that about 100 households were burned.

During the shooting, which lasted more than two hours, a firefighter and a police officer were wounded, according to Lieutenant Diotalevi.

Security and the two pbad well The mayor of Curitiba declared to have activated the Social Defense, the Municipal Guard, the Social Action Foundation (FAS), the Municipal Secretary for Education, the Municipal Department of Health

Still according to the public administration, the reference center of the badistanc e social (Cras)

The CIC district is the largest of the capital of the state of Paraná – the place where the fire took place is occupied