On the afternoon of this Wednesday, part of the “Félix Rojas” multifamily building, located in the community of Güirito, in the Holguin municipality of Gibara, collapsed.
As a consequence of the accident, there were no human damages, according to the local media outlet Gibaravisión.
The aforementioned official source indicated that “part of the rear balconies fell off” and attributed the collapse “to deterioration due to weather” and a severe local storm and heavy rains in recent days.
After the partial collapse, local authorities went to the site and spoke with the affected families and the rest of the residents.
The information did not specify the number of families affected nor whether it was necessary to relocate them to a shelter or to relatives’ homes.
Gibaravisión says that there are nine deteriorated buildings in total, of which there are five in a state of serious deterioration and four in need of rehabilitation.
The source indicated that the place of the collapse had been coincidentally the day before the event by the local governor.
“Prior to this event during the governor’s visit yesterday, it was determined to evaluate each building to review, according to the possibilities, determine the level of priorities as soon as conditions allow it,” the official media outlet specified.
An evaluation is scheduled for this Thursday by the provincial agencies with the Provincial Directorate of Housing, the Ministry of Construction, Specialists and Architects to determine the structural damage of the building.
“The situation is that the construction of these buildings is many years old, the saltpeter, the cyclones, the rains, and all the weather problems have contributed to their deterioration, to this is added that they have not had any type of repair or even they paint. Thank you, that there was no human loss to regret,” said an Internet user among the comments on the publication.
