Our correspondent in Brazil, Brian Mier reports on the roof collapsing on one of Brazil’s most important historic landmarks, killing 1 and injuring 5, with responsible parties given 3 days to explain the incident to the Attorney General’s Office. teleSUR
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00:00After the roof collapsed in one of Brazil's most important historic landmarks, Kilimanjaro
00:041 and Kilimanjaro 5, the Attorney General's Office is giving responsible parties three
00:08days to explain what happened.
00:11From Salvador, Bahia, our correspondent Brian Muir with more.
00:15Earlier this week, the building you see behind me, San Francisco de Assis Church, built in
00:22the 1600s and recognized as one of the seven wonders of Portuguese architecture in the
00:27world, suffered a tragic accident when the ceiling collapsed on a group of tourists,
00:34killing one and injuring five.
00:36For three years, IFAN, the National Historic Preservation Institute, had warned the church
00:44of structural damage, demanded that reforms take place.
00:49They were put in process, but apparently the problem with these reforms is that since it's
00:54historic landmark architecture, it takes a while to find a company that's willing and
01:00able to do it without damaging the precious artworks inside.
01:04Well, those artworks were severely damaged last week when a bunch of paintings from the
01:101700s were completely destroyed.
01:12Now the city government of Salvador has canceled some pre-carnival activities that were supposed
01:17to take place here on this square this weekend, and the finger-pointing has begun.
01:22The public prosecutor's office has given both the church and the government, Historic
01:27Preservation Institute, three days to explain how this happened and what can be done in
01:33the future to prevent similar accidents from taking place.