In Peru, at least three people died after the roofing of a restoration space

At least three people were killed on Friday, February 21, by the collapse of the roof of a restoration space in a shopping center in Peru, the authorities announced. The accident occurred at Real Plaza in Trujillo, the third most populous city in the country, located about 500 kilometers north of the capital, Lima. “At this stage, we have three dead, two men and a woman”told the America TV channel Commander Gelqui Gomez, an official of the firefighters on site. The Ministry of the Interior has confirmed this figure on X.

“We have evacuated 74 injured, including ten children, to hospitals and clinics. There are 11 seriously injured”, Also said RPP Radio Anibal Morillo, health leader of the local government. Dozens of families were in the Real Plaza restoration space at the time of collapse, according to local media. On the scene, rescue and research operations continue with more than one hundred firefighters and police officers deployed. “There is a trapped child” Under the metal structures of the roof, said Animo Morillo, this time at the Panamericana diffuser.

The regional emergency operations center said on X that the accident had taken place around 8:40 p.m. on Friday (2:40 am on Saturday in Paris), but that it had not been reported only half an hour later. “We need hydraulic cranes to be able to lift the part of the roof which has not yet been removed because it is very heavy,” explained on the channel Canal N the Interior Minister, Juan Jose Sanva.