The tragic incident occurred around 9:00 am in a building located on Sol Street between Villegas and Ejido.
Lima, Peru – a partial collapse occurred this Sunday at about 9:00 am in a building located on Sol Street between Villegas and Egido de Havana Vieja. The incident left several people trapped inside the property.
A source consulted by Cubanet In the Cuban capital he informed that at least one elderly has been rescued so far, while other people remain trapped.
This is not the first collapse that affects the building. About three years ago, the source remembers, another collapse in the same property ended the life of a minor.
Images sent to our writing and videos published on social networks show the authorities and rescuers working in the direction of the tragedy.
This new collapse on Sol Street adds to A series of structural collapses that in recent years they have hit Havana, marked by the deterioration of buildings, the shortage of construction materials and the lack of interest of the Cuban regime for giving systematic maintenance; which contrasts with the unstoppable construction of hotels.
The Government has recognized that some 1,000 homes are collapsed in the capital, a situation that has caused the death of adults and children.
The scarcity of adequate housing has led many families to live in collective shelters administered by the Government, which lack the necessary basic resources. Other people choose to return to buildings in poor condition, despite the risk of collapse, due to the bad conditions of the shelters.
On September 16, a partial collapse also transcended in a building located at the intersection of Industry and San Rafael streets, in the Central Havana municipality. The fact left three injured people – an adult and two minors – and motivated the preventive evacuation of the neighbors, according to the Municipal Administration Council (CAM) of Centro Habana On your Facebook page On Tuesday afternoon.
According to the same source, “the fall of an arrangement of the elevator located on the roof affected the floors 8vo. And 7mo., By being injured three people: an adult and two minors.”
