Collapse in Villa Gesell: who are the missing

Firefighters and police Province of Buenos Aires They continue their work in the place, with a tireless search against the clock. So far, they have only found Federico Ciocchinian 84-year-old retiree from Balcarce, who lost his life in the collapse.

They also found his wife, Maria Josefa Bonazza79 years old, who was rescued with serious injuries and transferred to a nearby hospital. Both were staying in an apartment adjacent to the structure that collapsed.

The rescue team multiply your effortssupported by a group of firefighters specialized in tracking, heavy machinery and trained dogs to detect signs of life. During the early hours of the morning, a tracking machine detected a signal nine meters deep in the place where the dogs had previously found a trail.

“There is a pulse signal at the same point where dogs identify something.or, but we are not 100% sure if it is a person,” explained Hugo Piriz, head of Volunteer Firefighters from Villa Gesell, in an interview.

Who is still missing?

Among the missing are the owner of the hotel, María Rosa Stefanic52 years old, his nephew José Nahuel Stefanic25, and his girlfriend, Dana Desimone28.

The other missing people are four construction workers that was in progress: Javier Gutierreza carpenter, and Ezequiel Juan Matu38 years old, native of Mar del Plata. These also include Mariano Troiano47 years old, and Matías Chaspman26, who were carrying out repairs at the site.

Troiano, an experienced plumber and gas fitter, had arrived at Villa Gesell two weeks before the incident to work on renovations at the hotel. His daughter Karen said that uAn architect had recommended that she insure her lifesomething that surprised the family.

Troian He was staying in the same hotel to avoid delays in the worksa decision that turned out to be fateful as he was in the place at the time of the collapse.

For their part, the foreman of the construction site and three workers were arrested by order of the prosecutor. Veronica Zamboni. He then accused them of aggravated negligent damagefor the death of Ciocchini.

The work did not have authorization

The collapse of the 10-story hotel took place early Tuesday morning. After investigating the situation, the municipality officially reported that among the missing people there are “workers of a work that was being carried out clandestinely.”

At the same time, they indicated that said work did not comply “with municipal regulations, nor did it have the corresponding authorization” and that “it had been paralyzed by the municipality in August of this year.”

“In the early hours of the morning, the Dubrovnik Hotel building collapsed. Firefighters from the city, the region and the Province are working at the scene. The incident occurred at approximately 1 o’clock, when The 10-story building, on Avenida 1 to 250, collapsed“, they stated in a statement posted on their social networks.

They also assured that Javier AlonsoMinister of Security of the Province of Buenos Airesis located next to the Mayor of the city Gustavo Barrerato coordinate and manage the work to be carried out.