After more than 36 hours of work, the provincial commission of the National Civil Protection and Fire Services (SNPCB), this evening, declared the end of the work to remove the rubble from the building that collapsed in the early hours of Saturday 25th, on Avenida Comandante Valódia , in the Kinaxixi area in Luanda.
The final communiqué, issued on Sunday night by the provincial government, concludes the work, without registering any human casualties.
This fact, according to the communiqué sent to the news office, is due to the prompt intervention of the authorities, who, on March 24 of this year, from 6 pm to 10 pm, carried out awareness-raising actions, evacuation and relocation of the residents of said building.
“At dawn on March 25, at 1:57 am, the building collapsed completely. For the search, rescue and debris removal actions, 934 (nine hundred and thirty-four) personnel and 92 (ninety-two) personnel from the Civil Protection and Fire Services Services, the National Police, the Criminal Investigation Services and public and private companies”, reads it in the official document.
In the continuation of the search, rescue and removal of rubble, the document also adds, several material goods were recovered, some of which were handed over to the owners, with emphasis on the rescue of AKZ 134,719,000.00 (one hundred and thirty-four million , seven hundred and nineteen thousand kwanzas), which are in the custody of the authorities.
The authorities reiterate that “emergency actions have ended and no victims have been registered”.
However, the cleaning work will continue under the coordination of the Municipal Civil Protection Commission of Luanda.
