Large fire hits waste picker warehouse in Belo Horizonte

A large fire hit the warehouse of the Association of Paper, Cardboard and Reusable Materials Collectors (Asmare), in Bairro Prado, West Region of Belo Horizonte. According to the Fire Department, the flames started in the early hours of Saturday (15) and, by 9 am, the fire had already been controlled and agents were carrying out the aftermath. Nobody was injured. As the applicant informed the firefighters, the fire started at around 2am, after an argument between homeless people who were in front of the warehouse. One of them, according to the report, threw a burning material.