“We are advancing rescue efforts, and eight people have already been rescued, and there is mark class="hl_yellow"iban injured person who is being treated at a medical center and will be evacuated tomorrow,” he said in the media at La Libertad told the area on Tuesday.
Rescue work
Defence Minister stressed bthat a rescue team of b4a href="https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/03/15/derrame-en-pataz-mindef-confirma-envio-de-40-rescatistas-y-miembros-del-ejercito-para-rescatar-personas/" 0 people including firefighters, mines, personnel and rescue personnel is working Already in the disaster zone.
“We are working in two groups and we will be there all night,” says José Gavidia. ” We are preparing the struts so we can continue moving forward and proceed with debris cleaning.
15 buried housing
The minister said that a new landslide is likely due to the fact that 15 houses were buried, so it was decided to evict the population from other neighboring houses at risk.
“We are working hard to find the missing person. The biggest problem is evicting other people (this area). We still cannot confirm whether there are minors among the missing ones. ” He said.
Ingemet's recommendations
The Institute of Geology, Mining and Metallurgical (Ingemmet) recommended that the bpopulation be evacuated about 50 meters from the place where the tragedy occurred, since another similar incident, a representative of the National Center for Emergency Operations (COEN), is likely. ) has been reported.
He said that there were a lot of mining activities in the region, but despite the warning of the competent authorities about the danger, the population settled in an unstable and excessive manner.
He notes that an average of 3,000 inhabitants live in the village of Ratamas, band a similar disaster has already occurred. “The house collapsed in February 2022, and in October 2021 the house collapsed. In addition, in 2009, Ingemet issued a warning report about the danger because a similar incident had already occurred in a city where today's tragedy occurred.
Pedro Castillo's Journey
“After giving a message to the people of Peru in Congress, we will go to the province of Pataz to investigate the area affected by the accident that occurred this morning. #GobiernoDelPueblo will be present when citizens need it most. ” On his Twitter account, the President said.
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