On the morning of Monday, January 20, a short circuit was registered in an electric substation of a building on Paseo de la Reforma Avenue in Mexico City (CDMX), which led to the evacuation of nearly two thousand people. Emergency teams attended to the emergency that arose in the Juárez neighborhood, in the Cuauhtémoc borough.
As a safety measure, approximately 1,500 people were evacuated while work was being done to control the risks posed by the short circuit. Paramedics from the Rescue and Medical Emergency Squad (ERUM) provided care to 40 people on-site, who were experiencing nervous crises and symptoms of smoke inhalation.
Local authorities reported that some individuals were transferred to a nearby hospital for specialized medical attention, but none were in serious condition. Efforts to determine the exact causes of the short circuit are ongoing, and it is expected that operations in the building may resume once safety is guaranteed.
The head of the Secretariat for Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC), Myriam Urzúa, arrived at the site to supervise the evacuation and incident control efforts. Although images and videos of the event were disseminated on social media, it has not yet been officially confirmed that the affected building is the Torre Reforma, located at number 300 Paseo de la Reforma.
