Osvaldo Otero, an architect specializing in construction claims, said that the way in which it spread the fire at Punta Shopping evidence failures in prevention mechanisms.
The expert emphasized the need to have trained personnel and established protocols to deal with this type of emergency.
“It is a fire of proportions. What most strikes us is how the fire itself developed, when at first it seemed like it was a relatively small fire, which could be quickly controlled,” said the specialist, adding: “In a way, that The experts in the matter will investigate, a situation of lack of control was reached that implied the need to mobilize several detachments of firefighters.
In that sense, he considered that “this shows that there was some failure in the security conditions of that building, whether they are human errors, technical failures.”
Otero explained that a great load of fire was produced that in such a long time and at such high temperatures makes no structure support and ends up collapsing.
“We are talking about many hours of direct heat to the concrete structures, which are very resistant. Metal structures collapse more quickly because metal does not have the same resistance capacity,” he added.
