This is the harrowing moment when an entireshopping center caved in after a fire at a supermarket bakery caused a series of terrifying explosions .
A fire in the Uruguayan port city of Punta del Este began Saturday afternoon and took him nearly 48 hours to fully extinguish.
Incredibly, no injuries were reported to him, despite the chaotic scenes witnessed in the recently released footage.
Firefighters say a dangerous gas build-up set off a chain reaction that blew a shopping center wall off.
Within hours, however, it spread from the underground bakery to the entire mall, and people fled for their lives.
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AFP via Getty Images)The shocking video took place in Maldonado, Uruguay. , the walls of the mall are beginning to emit smoke and smoke.
Explodes within seconds, collapsing in a cloud of smoke and flames as firefighters try to hide.
A second series of explosions was triggered on August 8 asfires continued to rage throughout the building.
Pablo Benitez, a spokesman for the National Fire Service, said the fire at the bakery quickly spread to the warehouse.
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CEN)He explained: Heat, smoke and gases carried through different ducts.
"At some point in the morning, the flames all spread, and the collapse of the building in particular intensified the flames, spreading them to various parts of the mall."
Mayor Enrique Attia said half of the mall's buildings were lost.
Nonetheless, no casualties have been reported as a result of the fire that caused a power outage and plunged most of the city into darkness.
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AFP via Getty Images)Atia continued, "This is a huge blow for Maldonado.
From a pandemic, this is a tragedy."
The National Fire Service said, "Despite various donation efforts, the spread of the fire traveling through the Punta del Este shopping mall could not be prevented.
After almost 48 hours, the flames were finally extinguished.
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