Efe Badalona
Badalona
Updated Wednesday, February 7, 2024-12:58
Catalonia Firefighters find three bodies under the rubble of the collapsed building in Badalona
Catalonia A building collapses in Badalona
The tragic
collapse
of a building in
Badalona
(Barcelona) has left two girls alone after their mother, who had no other family in the area, died in the accident, as did a man in his 30s who had been a father. just a month and a half before the tragedy.
The Raval neighborhood of Badalona, an area of working people, is shocked by the sudden partial collapse of the building located at number 9
Canigó Street
, built in 1959 - 65 years ago - and where the Firefighters found in the early hours of this Wednesday to
three bodies under the rubble
.
The Emergency Services were looking for three neighbors of the affected property who had not been able to be located, and already this morning the Firefighters found the lifeless bodies of the three people,
the first at 01:45 a.m. and the next two between 6:00 a.m.: 30 and 07:00 hours
.
Although the Firefighters have not confirmed the identity of the victims at this time, the mayor of Badalona,
Xavier Garcia Albiol
, has indicated that everything indicates that the three deceased correspond to the missing neighbors, one of them
a woman from Eastern Europe without more family in Badalona than his two daughters
.
Albiol has detailed that this victim, pending official confirmation, is a woman who "had two very small girls", who
were at school when the events occurred
and that, at noon, when the collapse had already occurred, Nobody went to pick them up at the center.
"From the first moment we were aware, we acted immediately," Albiol highlighted about the girls, who sources from the Department of Social Rights have confirmed to EFE that have been placed
under the guardianship of the General Directorate of Care for Children and Adolescents. (DGAIA)
.
They are not the only two girls that the collapse has left orphaned, since the mayor has also detailed that another of the deceased
is a man of about 30 years old, who had been a father about a month and a half ago
.
The mayor has indicated that the young man's wife had left the building a few minutes before with the baby, so they narrowly avoided the catastrophe. "
The mother and the baby were saved for 10 minutes
, they are human stories that impact," highlighted Albiol, who also added that
the third victim was the oldest, between 50 and 60 years old
.
The tragedy has shocked the life of a neighborhood that borders the C-31 highway, where working people live, and has caused the surroundings of Canigó Street to currently have a wide deployment of emergencies and a lot of movement of people. municipal services.
65 year old building
The collapsed building is a 65-year-old construction
, although the city council currently has no records of damages to the property, nor any complaints regarding illegal works or any other incident.
The street section of the building is cordoned off by the Urban Guard, while the Firefighters work tirelessly, removing the debris piece by piece, in an area where only authorized people or residents of the street enter, such as those from the
properties surrounding the building. collapsed, who returned to their homes last night
.
Firefighters, ambulances from the Medical Emergency System (SEM), personnel from the Red Cross, Civil Protection, councilors of the Badalona city council and strong media expectation have turned this street in Badalona into an area with a lot of human activity.
A few meters from the affected building,
the Casal de la Gent Gran has become a
crucial point of attention for all those affected by the tragic event, where both yesterday and today many neighbors gathered at its entrance, some of whom were visibly affected. .
Meanwhile, in the bars in the area, the event has become the topic that focuses all the conversations, where they discuss the latest news about the event and speculate on the possible causes of the collapse, which the Firefighters still do not know.