A fire consumed a home on Calle 30 in the Reparto Metropolitano neighborhood of San Juan, and several animals died, the Puerto Rico Fire Bureau (Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos) confirmed. Agency spokesperson Ivonne Rosario told El Nuevo Día that firefighters from the Special Operations Division (DOE) in Hato Rey, the Río Piedras area and Puerto Nuevo worked the emergency.
No person was inside the affected structure at the time of the fire. Several cats that were in the area of the residence’s carport were reported dead. Personnel from the San Juan Emergency Management Corps were at the scene.