A collapse It happened this Friday in the city of Cárdenas, in Matanzas, left an injured person and “considerable” damage in the electricity grid of the area.
The collapsed building, located on Princess Street in that matance town, “lost the top to lose firmness, a consequence of the constant theft of intermediate roof beams, windows, bars and everything that could be looted,” He said The newspaper Girón.
Three people were inside when the collapse occurred, explains the medium, although without specifying what they were doing there. One of them suffered injuries, although not seriously, and remained admitted
The building borders the Hotel La Dominica, which is a national monument, although fortunately it did not suffer effects.
On the other hand, the damage to the electricity grid is “considerable”, as a consequence of the fall of the facade of the high floor of the building. “The collapse of this part left a high voltage and other secondary line post,” he says Girónaccording to which the danger of collapse persisted both inside the building, as in the lateral wall opposite to the Hotel La Dominica.
A posterior report of the Cuban News Agency (ACN) He notified that forces of various local organizations worked in the sanitation of public space affected by the collapse.
Frank Padrón Domínguez, mayor of the municipality of Cárdenas, told the environment that the personnel of the Electric Company and Communal Services work in the place, as well as construction specialists, which would value the state of the property.
It will act according to the opinion, said the official, implying that the affected building could be demolished if he could not save in the opinion of the specialists.
Landslides in buildings are frequent in Cuba, due to the poor state of many buildings due to their antiquity and lack of repairs for conservation. To this is added the looting of its components, in the midst of the deep economic crisis that the country suffers.
Although on this occasion there was no need to regret any death, acts of this type have left fatal victims on a few occasions. This happened last July in Havanawhere four people died as a result of two landslides that occurred in the municipalities of October 10 and Old Havana.
