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Part of a multifamily building collapses in Gibara

The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon

Edificio en que ocurrió el derrumbe parcial © Collage Facebook/Gibaravisión
Building in which the partial collapse occurred Photo © Collage Facebook/Gibaravisión

On Wednesday afternoon, part of the “Félix Rojas” multifamily building, located in the community of Güirito, in the Holguín municipality ofBlocked.

There were no human injuries as a result of the incident., according to the local media on social networksGibaravisión.

Capture from Facebook/Gibaravision

The aforementioned official source indicated that“part of the rear balconies fell off”, and blamed the collapse “on deterioration due to weather,” as well as a severe local storm and heavy rain in recent days.

Capture from Facebook/Gibaravision

After the partial collapse, local authorities went to the scene andThey spoke with the affected families and the rest of the neighbors.

Capture from Facebook/Gibaravision

The information did not specify the number of affected families, nor whether it was necessary to relocate them to a shelter or to relatives' homes.

Gibaravisión say what in total there are nine deteriorated buildings, of which there are five in serious construction condition and four in need of rehabilitation.

The source indicated that the area of the collapse had been visited by the local governor the day before the event.

"Prior to this event during the governor's visit yesterday, it was determined to evaluate each building to review, according to the possibilities, and determine the level of priorities as soon as conditions allow it," the official media stated.

An evaluation is scheduled for this Thursday by provincial organizations with the Provincial Housing Directorate, the Ministry of Construction, Specialists and Architects to determine the structural damage to the building.

"The situation is that the construction of these buildings takes many years, 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, not even they paint themselves," stated one Internet user among the comments to the publication.

In June, the Cuban government announced that it will not offer free construction materials to those affected by the intense rains that occurred in June in the central and eastern provinces of the country, but willwill sell them at 50% of their usual price.

With this financing, the regime intends to help people whoseHomes are totally or partially affected in the provinces of Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín, Granma and Santiago de Cuba.

With these "facilities", the government provides that "affected people whose income is not sufficient to purchase construction materials, can access bank loans, request subsidies from the State Budget, or require financing from Social Assistance," as read in agreement 9595/2023, published in the Official Gazette number 45 -extraordinary.

Given the lack of construction materials and the high prices at which they are sold in stores in freely convertible currency (MLC), families will have to request credits and subsidies to try to begin repairing the damage. According to the document, the "aid" will leave the victims in debt and will have to use their scarce resources to obtain cement, roofs and other products, in the midst of unstoppable inflation.

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