The city of Tijuana was thrown into disarray on Tuesday due to severe rains, which claimed the lives of three Tijuana citizens. Civil Protection and Firefighters responded to a total of 43 new reports.

According to the information supplied by the relevant authorities, the persons who regrettably lost their lives were: a lady who attempted to cross Calle Ingenieros Civiles y Mérida in the Chapultepec district but collapsed and was pulled into a sewer by the power of the water.

The other two victims, both men, were swept away by the current in the Mariano Matamoros neighborhood at 6:36 p.m. in a sand trap in the same area, and a 65-year-old man who fell through a roof in Plaza Otay, evacuating approximately 750 people.

In turn, the Fire Department performed five rescues, reacted to 30 traffic accidents, including a rollover on Boulevard 2000 with a severe person reported, the explosion of nine damaged transformers, and six fires in a residence where a short circuit had occurred.

Similarly, 74 incidents involving spectacular falls, wires, fallen poles, and electrical failures, two collapsed fences, 46 floods and floods, seven landslides, and a transfer to the shelter were attended to.

Bernardo Villegas Ramrez, the head of Civil Protection, said that out of the total number of reports, there was a way out of the Matadero Canyon, where two injured people were treated and transferred to the Mexican Red Cross (CRM); and rescue of two people, a woman and a man, who were stuck in their vehicle in a water stream in Colonia Obrera, Senador Monzón street.

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