Havana/A collapse that occurred this Sunday in Havana Vieja claimed the life of an old man. The partial collapse of a building, located at number 466 of Sol Street between Egido and Villegas, took place near nine in the morning, according to the Municipal Administration Council.
According to the official note, the property “had no constructive conditions several years ago” and inside they remained illegally “, which in many occasions had been offered transfers to other places, which they did not accept timely.” The statement adds: “We regret the loss of a deceased in the incident. The authorities of the territory were immediately appeared and serve the rest of the people.”
The rubble left by the collapse yet covered this afternoon part of the entrance to the property, as he could check 14ymedio. A policeman who guarded the area to avoid passing, assured this newspaper that “things still fall.” For his part, a neighbor explained that “the three metal beams that held the plate were rotten by moisture” which contributed to their fall. The wooden posts that underpin the roof failed to stop the collapse of the structure.
The tragedy occurs just hours after, this Saturday, the detachment of a balcony on San Lázaro Street left a passerby
The tragedy happens just hours after, this Saturday, the detachment of a balcony on San Lázaro Street, between hospital and sword in Centro Habana, will be injured to a passerby. “The girl was about 40. 14ymedio A neighbor of the neighborhood, who ensures that the rubble still remain on the road.
San Lázaro Avenue reflects as so many the deterioration of the capital: laziness, saltpeter and the shortage of resources have turned its constructions into examples of a practically unrecoverable architecture. Outside the restored area of the historic center and distant from the most modern neighborhood of El Vedado, the buildings that border the coast are on the verge of collapse.
In social networks, residents near the event They reported the collapse This Saturday, generating strong criticisms of the Government for the lack of investments in large areas of the Cuban capital. “At any time Havana Vieja will be like a desert, dust nothing more, except the Capitol and hotels that are the only thing they repair annually,” wrote an internet user.
Other comments described what happened as part of the cluster of everyday problems in the capital. “The situation we have here in Havana is deplorable. Churre eating everywhere, despair, electricity, hunger, misery, people dying, children without food and the elderly wishing a little attention and help.”
It is not about isolated facts. Last August, an old woman was injured after the partial collapse of a building on Reina Street, between Manrique and San Nicolás, also in Centro Habana. About 15 families lost their homes And they spent the night on the street, surrounded by furniture and appliances. One of those affected declared this newspaper that this first day “nobody came” from the government to be interested in their situation.
Weeks before, another collapse in the corner of San Rafael and Galiano It cost a life worker Boulevard’s lifelocated on the ground floor of the property. The collapse of the ceiling caught several people. Neighbors explained then that a quarter shop with serious infrastructure and overcrowding problems works. The collapse buried one of the employees under the rubble. The entire apple where the building shows alarming signs of deterioration and abandonment.
