Smoke triggers evacuation at Chihuahua migrant center

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A migrant center in Chihuahua, Mexico, had to evacuate after smoke was detected in one of the accommodation areas, according to the National Migrant Institute.

At around midnight on Saturday, Sept. 12, staff of the Estancia Provisional de Janos, Chihuahua, detected smoke from the men’s accommodation area and immediately activated protocols.

The town of Janos is over 130 miles Northeast of Ciudad Juarez.

People were evacuating the area while emergency responders and local authorities were being dispatched to the scene…

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