2023-04-29 01:08:22
At least three people died and three remain trapped under rubble or missing after a residential building collapsed in the Brazilian city of Olinda, in the northeast of the country, firefighters reported this Friday.
The three deceased are a man, a woman and a child under 13 years of age. Five other people who were rescued were injured, including two women with serious injuries. Firefighters located two other people who are trapped under the rubble, but it is still unknown if they are alive, and a third person remains missing. A hundred firefighters and members of rescue teams from other public bodies have been involved in the search for the three missing persons.
The collapse occurred on Thursday night in the Leme building, a three-story building in the humble Jardim Atlântico neighborhood, which had a eviction order of its inhabitants since the year 2000 due to the risk of collapse.
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Four of the injured, including the two seriously injured women, were taken to hospitals in the cities of Paulista and Recife, the regional capital of Pernambuco, neighboring Olinda. The fifth injured, a 53-year-old man, was pulled from the rubble with minor injuries hours after the collapse occurred.
Members of the Fire Department and Civil Defense participate in the search for the disappeared, with the support of rescue dogs, and also with the assistance of technicians from the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), who use equipment to detect the signal of cellphones.
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