2023-10-04 17:17:38
With deep pain it was learned that in the early hours of this Wednesday, October 4, a collapse occurred in the multifamily building located on Lamparilla Street No. 362, between Villegas and Aguacate, in the capital municipality of Old Havana.
Until the closing of this information, there are people trapped in the place, including members of the Rescue and Rescue team of the Cuban Fire Department.
Specialized forces from the Minint, the public health system and authorities of the Party and Government of the province and territory remain in place, led by the first secretary of the Party in the capital, Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar.
They offer details about the rescue efforts in Old Havana
Around 11:00 pm on Tuesday, October 3, after the collapse occurred in a building located on Lamparilla Street, No. 388, corner of Villegas, in Old Havana, a team from the Rescue and Rescue Unit showed up at the site.
Inside the property, he highlighted Granma Alexis Acosta Silva, mayor of Old Havana, There were 13 family units, for a total of 54 people.
Two injured people were taken to the Calixto García hospital, who are out of danger to life.
At the time of this publication, Around 5:00 in the morning, a deceased person was reported and actions continued, despite the rain, to access two people located inside the property.
Acosta Silva pointed out that the affected families were evacuated to the Jorge Arturo Vilaboy Viñas Secondary School, where they were given the required attention, both by paramedical and logistical services, which include food.
So far, he added, work is only being done on the affected building and there have been no evacuations of other neighboring properties.
At the scene was the member of the Political Bureau and general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women, Teresa Amarelle Boué; as well as the first secretary of the Party in Havana, Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar and the vice governor of the capital, Jesús Otamendiz Campos.
In statements to GranmaFirst Colonel Luis Carlos Guzmán Matos, chief of the Cuban Fire Department, explained that since the information reached the command post of the event, the planned techniques were directed to the place, to participate in this type of work, as a whole. the Minint system.
He added that in the first stage they worked to search for people who suffered damage and who were inside the facility.
Posteriorly, Based on the impact of the collapsed structure itself, decisions related to the safety of the personnel working within the property were also made.
He specified that it has been continuous work, based on all the security measures that must be taken for this type of accident.
He added that once the debris cleaning actions are finished, both the Rescue and Rescue units and the canine technicians are ready to continue the work, always with the necessary security.
They confirm the death of a rescue and rescue technician from the Cuban Fire Department
“The death of a rescue and rescue technician from the Cuban Fire Department is confirmed,” journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso reports on his Facebook profile.
Under the rubble, There is a rescuer and a resident in the building.
Luis Carlos Guzmán Matos, Chief of the Cuban Fire Department, told the press that the work inside the building is very complex, since it has completely collapsed.
The canine technique is insisted on to locate the bodies.
He added that the forces and means exist to undertake rescue actions, but it is very dangerous due to the state in which the structure was left.
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