CARACAS (EFE).— The collapse of a three-story building in which several families lived left at least eight people dead yesterday in the Caracas neighborhood of Petare, the largest favela in Venezuela.
The governor of the state of Miranda (north), Héctor Rodríguez, reported on his X account that of that total, two were babies, and he expressed his solidarity with the families of the victims of the collapse, which also injured 22 people, who were transferred to different health centers for care.
Rodríguez, who said that two houses “are partially affected,” said that social care teams and security forces remain at the site, where an adult and two children “were found unharmed and are sheltering in a nearby house.”
Hours earlier, the director of Civil Protection, Juan Carlos Oti Paituvi, explained in a press release that the 22 people rescued alive were transferred to a nearby hospital, without specifying the severity of their injuries.
In the message, shared on the social network Instagram, the authorities reiterated that several rescuers “remain deployed in search efforts” for survivors.
EFE confirmed that nearly a hundred officials, including members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), are at the site, where they have established a security perimeter to continue removing debris.
Houses and vehicles near the collapsed building were also damaged, with broken walls and glass visible at the site.
Although authorities have not anticipated the possible causes of this incident, residents assured EFE that it was the explosion of a domestic gas cylinder that caused the collapse.
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2024-08-26 11:26:14
