One hundred neighbors have been evicted in Badalona because of the risk that a block of five plants will sink at any time. A horizontal crack of about eight meters appeared on the facade on Monday, suffering from aluminosis. When in doubt if he would resist, the City Council evacuated the 42 inhabitants of the 10 houses of the building and six of an adjoining house on the same day.

The gap has today become a gap of about 20 square meters, which has exposed a floor. After warning the Firemen of an imminent danger, the 14 buildings of the contour have been emptied. City Council technicians believe that the block may collapse vertically, but they fear that rubble will be projected through the surrounding area. 47 of the 57 registered in the vacant buildings have been found and transferred to the emergency center of Barcelona.

Municipal sources have explained that the possibility of collapse is such that the Firefighters have not propped it up. Those affected left Monday with few belongings and have not been able to return to collect belongings. The Consistory does not rule out a controlled demolition; What he assumes is that, in one way or another, the estate will collapse.

The City Council urged the community to repair landslides five times since 2017, when it was detected that it was the effect that the property was erected in tardofranquismo with aluminous cement, a cheap material that has caused structural problems in low-class neighborhood homes.

"The neighbors knew the risk," said the mayor of Badalona, ​​Alex Pastor, who said they "did not comply" with the warnings. It caused a file to be opened, without specifying whether it entailed sanctions. Pastor sees in the accident an "example of what happens when a building has no maintenance". The block wall looks chipped and damp, which would have leaked to the beams. "There are beams the thickness of a thread," said the mayor.

Pastor has stressed that "there could have been perfectly fatalities " and has pledged to study each case to help the victims - in which tenants and mortgages are combined - given the likelihood of being homeless. In any case, he added that it is a private property and that they should negotiate with insurance.

The City Council will analyze if the regulations were violated when the farm was erected. It is the highest in an area where no more than two floors can be erected, which technicians maintain was approved when the property already existed. «The 50s and 60s were very hard for families who came from abroad and they themselves built homes. There are buildings out of management, ”Pastor recalled. The neighbors of the surroundings will be able to return when the threat vanishes.

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