They control fire in the Mosque-Catedral de Córdoba in Spain

This Friday, August 8, a fire has occurred in the Mosque-Catedral of Córdoba in Spain, which began around 9:00 p.m. (local time) and has already been controlled.

“This afternoon a fire has been declared in a chapel of the Mosque-Cathedral, in the Almanzor area. The protocol established in the self-protection plan has immediately activated,” says the Cathedral Mosque in its social networks.

“Three firefighters have been instantly in the monument and have controlled the fire,” he adds.

According to the cadena COPEmeans of communication owned by the Spanish Episcopal Conference, the fire “has already been extinguished, confirming that the incident has remained in a scare.”

“The fire has originated in the chapel that is next to that of the Holy Spirit, in the Almanzor area, within the historic monument. This chapel housed a cleaning machine and chairs, and apparently, the cause of the fire has been an overload of the battery of one of these cleaning machines,” adds the note.

The last fire occurred in the Mosque-Catedral of Córdoba, before this, occurred on July 6, 2007, which consumed 25 boxes of files of the nineteenth century.

The Mosque-Catedral de Córdoba

The Mosque -Cathedral of Córdoba, declared a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984, is a monument whose origin dates back to the seventh century, when a mosque was erected on the remains of a Visigothic basilica.

In 1236, with the reconquest, the mosque was transformed into a Catholic cathedral, although its Islamic structure was respected. In 1523 chapels and the main altarpiece were built.

It is currently one of Córdoba’s main tourist attractions, surpassing Alhambra. It has a reinforced security system, which includes 36 guards and 50 video cameras.