The photos and videos of the firefighters who worked to rescue the people trapped in the Floresta landslide

Around midnight on Tuesday, a two-story house collapsed in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of forest. In total, registered the death of a 12-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man. Meanwhile, 35 ambulances They worked on the scene along with fire crews. The professionals helped the people affected, and it is estimated that they were between 12 and fifteen neighbors trapped in the rubble. The images quickly began to circulate through social networks, in which you can see the fear, tension and concern of those who survived the tragic event.

The corner of Rivadavia Avenue and lacarra It was the point where this residence was located. Among the first to be assisted were two minors who were taken to hospitals and are out of danger. One of them was filmed by those present. Dressed in a diver and pink pants, the girl clung to her rescuer. The two held each other as the professional slowly and safely descended a ladder. At the base, two city firefighters were preparing to assist them.

A large number of fire trucks and ambulances arrived at the scene and the entire area was revolutionized by the seriousness of the event. Amid the noise of sirens and car lights, some eight people were rescued and moved away from the area of ​​the collapse. They were transferred to the ambulances, which were waiting in the vicinity of the place. At that height of Avenida Rivadavia, 8758, the roadway remained reduced due to works, a situation that forced the units to find another way to locate themselves as close as possible to quickly take the injured residents.

The images also show the presence of the dog division, who arrived at the scene with the aim of providing assistance in the search for people who were trapped in the rubble. The dogs used their nose to identify areas where neighbors might be trapped.

Sirens blared in the middle of the night and alerted the other neighbors to what had happened. That is why another of the images that circulated shows how the situation looks from the heights. Recorded by a neighbor from the window of his house, the video allows us to see the deployment of the operation throughout an entire block.

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Instead he made himself present Alberto Crescentihead of SAME, who detailed how the operation was: “Unfortunately there is a deceased, we are working with more than 35 ambulances in the system. Because there are people trapped in the rubble, firefighters and City police are working.

In his first words and comments on the panorama of the situation, Crescenti stressed that the place was unstable and dangerous. “We tried to enter but it is very dangerous,” he remarked. According to the head of SAME, the house that collapsed “is a house with a mezzanine and a subsequent construction.” “Two floors have fallen and we are trying to evacuate and remove the wounded,” he added in dialogue with AllNews.

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In the middle of the rescue operation, the second fatality was confirmed. “Unfortunately, firefighters have rescued a female child under 12 years of age who unfortunately lost her life in this incident,” said the head of SAME.

So far, eight injured people have been rescued and taken to the Piñero and Álvarez hospitals, including two minors (one of them a baby) who are out of danger. “We are waiting for the rescue and assistance tasks for the victim,” Crescenti announced after midnight.

In that same tone of alert, the head of SAME detailed how they assisted the wounded: “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”.

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