The Alcázar of Toledo burns: controlled the fire declared in the wing of the Army Museum

The fire that affected the Alcázar de Toledo on Monday, a building that houses the Army Museum and the Library of Castilla-La Mancha, is controlled and in ventilation phaseand has not caused personal or material damage, although the smoke has spread throughout the plant where it originated.

The Councilor for Mobility, Citizen Security and Civil Protection and Citizen Participation and Transparency, Juan José Pérez del Pino, and the corporal of the fire service Fernando de Felipe have explained to the journalists details of this fire in which 22 firefighters have participated, two scale vehicles, a heavy bomb, a light and a mother. The fire has been declared around 7:51 a.m. this Monday in the Alcázar de Toledo and the alarm has been given by the smoke detectorsexplained the fire chief.

It has been located in two electrical panels in the air conditioning room, from which the smoke has spread to the entire floor, which is the last of the Army Museum and is below the Library of Castilla-La Mancha. Two scale vehicles of the Toledo firefighters have been moved since there was smoke on several facades of the Alcázar, according to the corporal, who added that only the firefighters are in the building, who initially controlled it and now carry out ventilation work.

The councilor added that “fortunately” the fire has not affected people or property, so it is expected that in a short time “practically everything is enabled”. Sources from the Army Museum have highlighted the rapid action of the emergency teams and have said that they do not know when the workers will be able to enter since there is still a lot of smoke inside.

They have also expressed concern that the smoke affects the Museum’s funds. In addition to the firefighters, the National Police, the Local Police and a preventive ICU.