The incident adds to other recent accidents on the hill associated with heavy rains.
Miami, United States. – The partial collapse of a building located on Castillo Street No. 216, between OMOA and San Ramón (Cerro Municipality), left a balance of two injured people. After the incident, which occurred at the time of Tuesday, one of the victims was declared in serious condition, the building residents reported to a reporter from Cubanet.
They also reported the moments of tension and rescue work after collapse, occurred after the rains recorded in the capital.
The incident adds to other recent accidents on the hill associated with heavy rains. This Monday, a five -month -old baby died in that same municipality “After a wall collapsed due to heavy rains” and the water flow would snatch him from his mother’s arms.
Similar events have been registered in the area in the last year. On June 21, 2024, a person died and two were injured when a wall collapsed on the roof of a house on the Cerro road, between Carvajal and Patria. Local authorities reported that the injured were urgently transferred to a hospital, while residents helped evacuate the victims.
Cubanet also has documented That, in this municipality, numerous properties have severe structural damage. On June 14, 2024, Yuleymi Valdés López, neighbor of Churruca 414 (between Daoiz and Velarde, Cerro), reported that his home had suffered three partial landslides and pointed out: “The three quarters of the house are falling, I am living in what was the dining room of the house.”
In the same area of Churruca, between Daoiz and Velarde, another resident, Aracelia Gónzalez Díaz, warned in July 2024 that his property had already had two partial landslides. “My greatest fear is to lose my family if a collapse occurs. Unfortunately I don’t have anyone to help me, on the side of there or on the side here,” said.
Collapses reports on the hill are not new. In September 2011, the main staircase of a three -storey building in Ayestarán 60 (between Bruz and Local) fell apart, leaving a seriously injured woman and forcing the evacuation of the neighbors. According to He reported then Cubanetthe building had already suffered a partial collapse and was struck again due to lack of accommodation alternatives for those affected.
