The voluntary firefighter Javier Armando Castillo Márquez He lost his life this Wednesday, April 23, falling from a wall of approximately 50 meters high, while fighting a forest fire at kilometer 9.2 of the route to the Atlantic.
The Volunteer Firefighters They reported that the accident occurred inside the property number 7, in the aforementioned point of the route, when Castle35 years old, he was in tasks of fire extinction and slipped from a rocky promontory. When evaluated by his companions, it was determined that he had died.
“With a lot of pain, we make knowledge that, in the fulfillment of his duty to fighting a forest fire at kilometer 9.2, interior property number 7 of the route to the Atlantic, the gallonist Javier Armando Castillo Márquez, 35, accidentally falls from a wall of a height of 50 meters. When evaluated by the colleagues, they determined that he had died,” said the institution.
Castillo was a member of the Special Rescue Brigadespecializing in strings, search and rescue in collapsed structures, as well as aquatic rescue (frog man). He joined the Volunteer Firefighters At 18, after having entered the Child Brigade at 14.
He served as a volunteer in the 8th companybased in Antigua Guatemalaand for four years it was part of the 50th companylocated in the Colonia El Paraíso 2, Zone 18as permanent firefighter.
Rescuers added that the lifeguard was the father of two minors, a boy and a girl.
So far, no more details have been revealed about the circumstances of the incident.
The Commander, National Board of Directors, Administrative Personnel and Active Force, we sympathize with the Castillo family, before the sensitive death of the gallonist Javier Castillo, who lost his life in fulfillment of duty.
Present,
present,
present! 🕊️🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/9qbc4e2stz– Volunteer Firefighters (@bvoluntariosgt) April 24, 2025