Buildings collapse periodically in some old neighborhoods of the Cuban capital due to lack of maintenance.
Three people died for him collapse of a building in the historic center of Havana, Cuba, as announced this Wednesday by the authorities. In the building located at Lamparilla 388, between Villegas and Aguacate, 54 members of 13 families resided.
The deceased are two firefighters who went to the property to secure the place, after the first collapse: Yoandra Suarezthe only woman in the country who carried out this task, and Luis Alejandro Llerena. Furthermore, this morning it was confirmed third deatha 79-year-old neighbor who was missing and was found in the rubble.
“Around 11pm on Tuesday, October 3 (midnight in Argentina) after the collapse that occurred in a building in Old Havanaa team from the Rescue and Rescue Unit appeared at the site,” reported the official Granma newspaper.
The collapse occurred in two moments
According to reports, the collapse occurred in two phasesthe first around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, which was partial, and the second a was recordeds two hours laterwhen rescuers and firefighters were carrying out work inside the building.
He Chief of the Fire Department from Cuba, Luis Carlos Guzmantold the press that the rescue operation It had been “very complex” because the building has completely collapsed inside.
The buildings collapse periodically in some old neighborhoods of the Cuban capital due to the lack of maintenance. These are most numerous during the rainy and hurricane season, from June to November.
According to latest official figures availablehe 37% of the 3.9 million homes of the country were in bad or very bad conditions at the end of 2020.
Source: Ambito
