At least 2 people died in Havana´s building collapse
Specialists on site have cleared the entrance to the building with a bulldozer to make access possible... Havana's First Secretary of the Communist Party, Luis Antonio Torres, reported at least two dead and several people trapped inside the building, including members of the Fire Department's Search and Rescue Team. teleSUR
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00:00 Cuban search and rescue teams continued their efforts amidst rainy weather after the collapse
00:05 of a residential building in the municipality of Old Havana.
00:08 Specialists on site have cleared the entrance to the building with a bulldozer to make access
00:13 possible.
00:14 Havana's first secretary of the Communist Party, Luis Antonio Torres, reported that
00:19 there are two dead and several people trapped inside the building, including members of
00:23 the fire department's search and rescue team.
00:26 Furthermore, two injured persons were taken to Calixto Garcia Hospital, both of whom are
00:31 out of danger.
00:32 Alexis Agosta Silva, a major of Old Havana, said that some of the affected families are
00:38 staying with relatives and friends.
00:41 Agosta added that 54 people left the building.
00:51 I think that we cannot be sure how long we can be in this work.
00:58 First because all measures are being taken to ensure the work of all the search and rescue
01:01 personnel and other agencies that are cooperating with us in this task.
01:09 So we cannot say how long these actions could last.
01:11 I repeat that all measures are being taken to avoid further damage to the personnel who
01:19 are working directly in the actions of removing debris and who are looking for all the possibilities
01:25 to find alive our missing colleagues.
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