Ciudad del Niño est une station de la Ligne 2 du métro de Santiago, dans la commune de San Miguel.
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Ciudad del Niño is an underground metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. It was named after the former Ciudad del Niño Presidente Juan Antonio Ríos. The station was opened on 21 December 1978 as part of the extension of the line from Franklin to Lo Ovalle.
On 10 December 1985, a unit of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front assaulted the ticket offices and detonated two kilograms of explosives behind a train in the station.
The station remained closed between 19 October and 11 November 2019 due to the mass fare evasion events that affected it during the protests triggered by the metro fare increase.
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Departamental is an underground metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station was opened on 21 December 1978 as part of the extension of the line from Franklin to Lo Ovalle.
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Lo Ovalle is an underground metro station on Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station was opened on 21 December 1978 as the southern terminus of the extension of the line from Franklin. On 22 December 2004 the line was extended further south to La Cisterna.
The station was the southern terminus for a quarter-century prior to inaugurating the Line 2 expansion to La Cisterna. Nevertheless, it still remains a key transit hub for many South and Western Santiago commuters.
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Lo Vial is an underground metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station was opened on 21 December 1978 as part of the extension of the line from Franklin to Lo Ovalle.
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The 2010 Santiago prison fire occurred in the San Miguel prison in Santiago, Chile on 8 December 2010, in which 81 inmates were killed, making it the country's deadliest prison incident.
The fire broke out at 5:30 am Chile Daylight Time on the fourth floor during a fight between rival gangs. An improvised flamethrower was reportedly used, setting mattresses and other flammable material alight. Those killed were trapped behind closed gates.
Local firefighters took around three hours to bring the fire under control.
At least 81 inmates were reported killed, and 14 suffered life-threatening burns, according to the Health Minister Jaime Mañalich. One firefighter and two prison guards also suffered lesser injuries. According to Chile's Fundacion Paz Ciudadana, the prison's capacity is 892, but was heavily overcrowded with 1,654 inmates. An investigation determined that there was not a suitable emergency procedure in place.
According to officials, firefighters received the first emergency call at 5:48 a.m., about 18 minutes after the fire began. The prison held about 1,900 inmates, nearly double its design capacity, and only six guards were on duty inside at the time, with 26 more stationed outside. The incident occurred on a scheduled visiting day, and thousands of relatives who were already gathered outside reacted with confusion as authorities read survivors’ names.
Eleven guards and one firefighter were injured in addition to the 81 inmates who died.
The incident prompted Chile's president Sebastián Piñera to launch an investigation and he called for an end to the overcrowding in the country's prison system, saying: "We cannot keep living with a prison system which is absolutely inhumane. We are going to speed up the process to ensure our country has a humane, dignified prison system that befits a civilised country."
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La station est ouverte depuis 1978. Elle est située à l'intersection de la Gran Avenida avec Varas Mena est situé juste au-dessus de la station.
Origine étymologique
Le nom de cette station provient de la Ciudad del Niño Presidente Juan Antonio Ríos (es), un ancien foyer pour enfants abandonnés. Les terrains de l'ancienne Ciudad del Niño, situés à quelques rues au sud de la station, abritent désormais l'atelier Lo Ovalle de la ligne 2 du métro. Elle était autrefois symbolisée par la silhouette de trois enfants se tenant la main.