- Title: Fire engulfs shopping mall in Mexico, destroys casino
- Date: 17th January 2025
- Summary: CULIACAN, SINALOA, MEXICO (JANUARY 16, 2025) (REUTERS) SHOPPING CENTER, WHERE THERE WAS A CASINO, ON FIRE WITH SOLDIERS WATCHING SCENE SMOKE COMING OUT OF COLLAPSED ROOF FIREFIGHTERS AND SOLDIERS IN SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT BURNED DOWN STRUCTURE OF SHOPPING CENTER FIREFIGHTERS AND NATIONAL GUARD AT ENTRANCE TO PARKING LOT COLLAPSED ROOF OF THE SHOPPING CENTER VARIOUS OF
- Embargoed: 31st January 2025 17:26
- Keywords: Culiacan Mexico fire firefighters shopping center shopping mall
- Location: CULIACAN, SINALOA, MEXICO
- City: CULIACAN, SINALOA, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires,South America / Central America,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001414417012025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A fire raged through a shopping mall in Culiacan, northwestern Mexico, bringing down the roof of the site, on Thursday (January 16).
The mall, which housed a gambling facility as well as another entertainment establishment, burned before the eyes of locals and security forces. Firefighters eventually brought the blaze under control.
According to local authorities, one person was injured and another two received care for a nervous breakdown.
The cause of the fire has not been confirmed by the authorities.
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