Dog mascot of oil recycling company emerges unharmed from fire in Cordeirópolis

Mascot dog of oil recycling company emerges unharmed from fire in Cordeirópolis The little dog "Diego" emerged unharmed from the large fire that hit a vegetable oil recycling company and mobilized the Fire Department this Sunday (16) in Cordeirópolis (SP). The site's employee mascot was treated without any burns, but due to the large amount of smoke, he underwent veterinary care. The Cordeirópolis Civil Guard, Thainara Massano, said that when the firefighters began to fight, they identified the dog's house. "They saw that there was food, a small container, and they thought that the animal, due to the smoke from the fire, had escaped. But in the middle of the fight, when it was already in the middle of the shed and had already extinguished a large part of the fire, [the firefighters] saw that the animal ran out of the smoke. Then, we from the Environmental Squad called the Department of Animal Welfare", he said. The puppy was taken to a clinic and underwent treatment. ? Click to the g1 Piracicaba channel on WhatsApp Dog mascot of oil recycling company emerges unharmed from fire in Cordeirópolis Reproduction/EPTV Fire Around 20 firefighters from Piracicaba (SP), Limeira (SP), Iracemápolis (SP) and Cordeirópolis (SP) worked to fight the flames. The fire started around 10am on Sunday. Around 2pm, the flames had been controlled, but the Fire Department's work was not over yet. There were no injuries. The company affected by the flames recycles vegetable oil and is located on Estrada Municipal Jayme Alberto Bergstron, in the Perobas neighborhood. Large fire hits company in Cordeirópolis Fire Department Flammable material The information is that, in the company, there were around 30 thousand liters of vegetable oil, an extremely flammable product, distributed in two tanks. Part of this quantity ended up leaking. That's why this containment work is being done. Cetesb teams were called. Forensics and Civil Defense were also on site to assess how the fire started and the structure affected. Marcos worked nearby the company and talked about how he noticed the fire, around 10am on Sunday. He recorded the fire as soon as it started on video. "We started to hear some explosions. And as soon as we looked at the side of the company here, the explosions started to increase. We came a little closer and the flames were already spreading," he recalled.