COLOMBIA: AROUND 1500 PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS AFTER FIRE RAVAGES A SHANTYTOWN IN CHINCHINA

Record ID: 970881

  • Title: COLOMBIA: AROUND 1500 PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS AFTER FIRE RAVAGES A SHANTYTOWN IN CHINCHINA
  • Date: 22nd July 2001
  • Summary: (U2)CHINCHINA, COLOMBIA (JULY 22, 2001) (RCN - NO ACCESS COLOMBIA/INTERNET) (NIGHTSHOTS) 1. SV: BED DESTROYED BY FIRE 0.04 2. SV: FIRE FIGHTER DIGGING THROUGH DEBRIS 0.10 3. SV: FIRE FIGHTER PUTTING WATER ON FIRE 0.14 4. VARIOUS OF FIRE FIGHTERS IN RUBBLE (2 SHOTS) 0.30 5. PAN: PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS BY FIRE BEING MOVED TO SHELTER 0.44 6. SV: FIRE FIGHTERS ON TRUCKS (GLITCH) 0.53 7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS BY FIRE (3 SHOTS) 1.08 8. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED FIRE VICTIM SAYING: "I remember we lived here very peacefully. It is not how they categorised us, as delinquents. I will stay here, because I had the hope of finding something, but I only find debris. We are left with almost nothing. We ask for help, we need to be relocated and to get help with food and clothes." 1.35 9. SV: RESIDENTS SEARCHING THROUGH DEBRIS 1.46 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th August 2001 13:00
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  • Location: CHINCHINA, COLOMBIA
  • Country: Colombia
  • Reuters ID: LVA43QTQ5BTT0322UM6BGKR57W91
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