Fire breaks out at Interpol police offices in Caracas

www.vheadline.com Posted: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

A fire is reported to have occurred at Interpol offices on Tuesday, and although nobody was killed on injured around 50 square meters of the office were damaged by the blaze.

According to CICPC police secretary general Alejandro Hernandez, the fire destroyed several computer systems, as well as the sleeping quarters of night staff, however, he was quick to assure that all information stored on the computers was safe as it had been previously backed up.

Hernandez says that a similar fire occurred around a year ago caused by a power surge, however it is as yet unknown what caused Tuesday's blaze.

The fire is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Fire Department and CICPC police officials do discover if it was once again an accident, or if the fire was started deliberately.