The community on the road between Dosquebradas and Pereir had already experienced a tragedy with a landslide, this Tuesday the mountain “has moved” all day.
Risaralda News.
After several hours of rain, the mountain, on which the community had warned of a risk of it falling off, collapsed this Tuesday falling on several houses, they found 11 bodies; three of them minors of 6, 13 and 15 years of age, and 28 wounded also several minors, in the tragedy of Dosquebradas, Risaralda.
During the day, while lifeguards and security forces tried to contain people and coordinate search and rescue efforts, they passed several scares.
In the mountains, the accumulated water was a threat, “it made the earth rattle several times.”
In the afternoon when there were more people in the area and the lifeguards were at the foot of the mountain searching through rubble and mud, they had to run: “There was something, there was something.”
They pointed out that the mountain rang, land fell and for prevention they left the area for several minutes.
That was the scare in the midst of search and rescue efforts:
In this community, on the Avenida del Río road that connects Dosquebradas and Pereira, they have had to evacuate more than 30 houses, because it continues to rain and land to fall.
Therefore, people were asked to withdraw and rescuers must move carefully in the area, although many people entered by force in the midst of a situation of annoyance, sadness and concern for their relatives and neighbors.
For now, the rescue of the inhabitants of the sector should be “prioritized,” he said.
In that sector of Risaralda, the risk of collapse had already been warned. Support for relocation or mitigation works had been requested, and this Tuesday they are experiencing a tragedy.
President Iván Duque spoke.
The emergency in Dosquebradas is of great magnitude.
The government has begun to move the response for the victims, more than 20 families were left with nothing. Their houses razed to the ground, and even their clothes buried in the mountains.
The tireless search and rescue of pet victims of the tragedy in Dosquebradas, Risaralda
