At least 35 ambulances, firefighters, City Police, Civil Defense personnel, Auxiliary Guard and City Logistics are working in the house that collapsed this morning in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of forestwhere until now they are registered two fatalities, dozens injured, and people who are still trapped under the rubble. It was declared the red alert in the hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires due to the seriousness of the case.
“So far there are 18 assisted, 8 transferred, we are also assisting family members with psychologists and psychiatrists”indicated Alberto Crescentihead of SAME, who explained that the red alert was declared in the City’s hospitals because “We do not know the amount that is under the rubble”. Firefighters are working with dogs to find the affected people.
The SAME mounted a huge operation to act immediately before each person who manages to be rescued. “We are with sequential stretchers, oxygen, thermal blankets, prepared with all the equipment; As firefighters rescue, we assist. The area is very unstable and there is a risk of more landslides,” Crescenti reported in statements to All News (TN).
The collapse of the two-story house occurred around midnight at Avenida Rivadavia Rivadavia 8758. As soon as the event occurred, the death of a 35-year-old man who was found lifeless under the rubble was confirmed. Minutes before two in the morning, Crescenti reported a new fatality: “Unfortunately, firefighters have rescued a child under the age of 12 from under the rubble who unfortunately lost her life in this incident”.
Meanwhile, the injured were referred to the Piñero, Álvarez and Santojanni hospitals. Among those affected are two minors: a girl and a one-week-old baby. It is unknown how many people are still inside, the first information reported between 12 and 15 trapped, but some of them have already been rescued.
“It was possible to evacuate a male of legal age, a female of legal age and a female minor who were in a neighboring house in the quiet part of the building without being able to leave since it was obstructed, they were not trapped,” SAME said in the report. last part.
“By means of expansion tools, the rubble is moved and several people are rescued,” City firefighters reported to infobae.
After 1 in the morning of this Wednesday, relatives of those affected and residents of the neighborhood are in the place. “It’s a delicate situation”warned the head of SAME. The fact is extremely serious: rescuers are inside the place where there is still a risk of more collapse.
News in development…
