Collapse of two water tanks on a building in Cariacica

Two weeks after its inauguration, buildings in a condominium of the federal government’s Minha Casa Minha Vida program in Padre Gabriel, Cariacica, had two broken water tanks. Stunning images show one of the tower-shaped boxes collapsing. The Fire Department is in place and the area has been isolated.

According to a witness who was at the scene, a man was doing maintenance on one of the boxes when it fell and hit the other. One of the water tank towers fell on the fifth floor of one of the buildings., according to the neighbors. The other tower collapsed to the ground. The man had head and leg injuries and was taken to a hospital.

Responding to the demand for reports A gazette, the Fire Department reported that it was called “to attend to the occurrence of a structure fall, around 9:00 am, in a condominium in the Padre Gabriel neighborhood, in Cariacica. As soon as they arrived at the place, the garrisons found that two water tanks, about 15 meters high each, had given way, one of which reached the roof and the fifth floor of one of the buildings.

According to the corporation, the military identified that a victim, who was said to be working on the roof of the building, had been struck by the structure and was injured in the area, unconscious. “The teams climbed to the top of the unit and managed to carry out the rescue, and the man was transferred to the State Hospital for Emergencies and Emergencies (HEUE), in Vitória. It was verified that the slab of the fifth floor of the last floor is about to give way. Throughout, 14 blocks from the condo were evacuated“.

Finally, the Fire Department explained that the event “is in charge of the Municipal Civil Defense, which is in charge of evaluating the structural part.” According to the corporation, the site has an updated fire and panic permit.

According to Lt. Emerson of the Fire Department, three of the 14 blocks are closed. “The two blocks hit directly and the third because to get there you have to go through one of the hit blocks,” he explained.

Also according to the Lieutenant of the Fire Department, the victim who was injured is an electrician, who was hired by the construction of the condominium to check a problem in the water tank.

“The victim was doing maintenance on the water tank. When the box fell, they threw it on top of the building. When we rescued him, his condition was serious,” he said.

The key ceremony for the building, of the Minha Casa Minha Vida program, took place on December 14 and was attended by the Minister of Regional Development, Rogério Marinho, the Mayor of Cariacica, Geraldo Luzia de Oliveira Júnior, Juninho, from the Secretary of State for Sanitation, Housing and Urbanism, Marcus Vicente. Almost 500 families have benefited.

See pictures of the condo before and after the collapse of the water tanks.

Carina Oliveira Santos, a resident of the condo, says the episode could have been prevented. He lives in front of one of the buildings where the water tank fell and says that the neighbors have been without water since December 18.

“Since the 18th we have been making complaints about the lack of water here in the condominium. No action was taken and today it was due to the lack of importance that they gave to our complaints. We looked and saw the boxes swinging. It is a situation that has already been announced. Now we can’t even go near to pick up a document, a suit. Many people have nowhere to go, ”he complains.

Another resident says that the apartment where he lived with his children was completely filled with water. “It has just been delivered. Full of bureaucracy for us to receive it, for this tragedy to happen now. My children were at home, and they came running. The children’s room was filled with water. My apartment was affected, there is no way to get back there. ” Shirley Jane said.