75 134.31 centers.108 Those injured in that fire were taken to emergency treatment 134.32 Well before the February 11, 2000, the Center was grossly unprepared to respond to a fire, even though inmates frequently lit fires in the cellblocks to warm their food or to tattoo themselves.109 To begin with, there was no apparatus or fire extinguisher near the cellblocks at the Center.110 And despite the crisis situation, the Center’s administrative authorities failed to provide the guards with any kind of instruction.111 2) The fire on February 5, 2001 134.33 The Center had another fire on February 5, 2001112 that left the following nine inmates injured or burned: Claudio Coronel Quiroga, Clemente Luis Escobar González, Julio César García, José Amado Jara Fernández, Alberto David Martínez, Miguel Ángel Martínez, Osvaldo Mora Espinola, Hugo Antonio Vera Quintana and Juan Carlos Zarza Viveros.113 3) The fire on July 25, 2001, and the closing of the ‘Panchito López’ Juvenile Reeducation Institute 134.34 The Center had another fire on July 25, 2001. The chain of events began when a riot broke out when one inmate, Benito Augusto Adorno, was shot and wounded by a member of the Center’s staff. The conduct of Benito Augusto Adorno brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 18, volume I, folios 340 et seq.). 108 Cf. Report on the February 11, 2000 fire, prepared by the Office of the Director General of Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice and Labor (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 2, folio 78). 109 Cf. Expert report on the February 11, 2000 fire, done by expert Rubén Valdez, designated by the Fourth Criminal Trial and Sentencing Court of First Instance, as part of the investigation in the “Preliminary inquiry into allegations of intentional homicide and grievous bodily harm at the Panchito López Center” (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 32-a, folio 452); Case File No. 383 from 2000, titled “Preliminary inquiry into alleged punishable crimes (intentional homicide and grievous bodily harm) - Panchito López,” prepared by the Criminal Court of First Instance, Eighth Rotation (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 18, volume I, folio 415); testimony given by Mr. Walter Abel Mererles Congo in Case No. 383 of 2000 titled “Preliminary inquiry into alleged punishable offenses (intentional homicide and grievous bodily injury– Panchito López,” heard by the Criminal Court of First Instance, Eighth Rotation (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 43, folio 537). 110 Cf. Record of February 18, 2000, concerning the statement made by Mr. Freddy Portillo before the Criminal Court of First Instance, Eighth Rotation (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 34, folio 478). 111 Cf. Record of February 18, 2000, concerning the statement made by Mr. Freddy Portillo before the Criminal Court of First Instance, Eighth Rotation (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 34, folio 478). 112 Cf. Report issued by the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Paraguay, General Headquarters, concerning the February 5, 2001 fire (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary exceptions, answer to the brief and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 9, folio 132) 113 Cf. List of inmates burned and hospitalized on February 5, 2001 (file of appendixes to the brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 15, volume I, folio 82).