Part of the sales area of a self -employed workers in Güines, Mayabeque, collapsed this Friday without causing victims or injuries.
In the place, where seven people were rescued, the roof of the establishment known as the Sunday was affected, according to reported the Cuban News Agency.
The fire department of command number four acted quickly, by evacuating the seven people trapped in the rear.
The Cuban Red Cross, the Police, the Electric Company and Local Authorities participated in the operation.
Yarima Teresa Matienzo Fresneda, municipal viceintendent, declared that “there were no personal damage and that the effects were limited to the ceiling of the installation.”
The adjoining buildings, such as the Bank of Credit and Commerce and the La Espiga store, did not report structural damage.
The authorities urged the population to avoid the area and maintain discipline to prevent risks, although the causes of the collapse or the scope of material damages were not specified.
In mid -September, another collapse Partial in a Havana Center building, which left three injured people, although without fatal victims, local authorities reported.
The collapse, occurred at the intersection of Industria and San Rafael streets, involved an attachment of the roof elevator that affected the seventh and eighth floors, according to The government of that Havana municipality.
At least in Havana, landslides are frequent, due to the poor constructive state of many buildings and also the occurrence of weather events, a combination that not rarely ends in the total or partial collapse of precarious buildings and leave victims.
The housing situation is one of the main socioeconomic problems of the island, particularly in Havana, the most populous province in the country, with around 2 million inhabitants.
