Podersky on the evacuated apartment building: better to wait a little longer than to suffer the consequences of the tragedy

Povilas Poderskis, director of the municipal administration, promises that the people staying in the hotels will be able to stay in them as long as they need, although he hopes that the situation will be resolved as soon as possible.

In our opinion, a construction expert would be enough to tell us if the house is safe, or the cracks that were seen yesterday in the media, social networks, or if they pose such a threat that the building is no longer suitable for use. . If not, I think the residents will be able to come back, if so, then the building will have to be fixed first. Then everything can take a long time, “P. Poderskis told LRT radio.

“That scenario will become clear, I think, in the near future, maybe even today, because the first expert will visit there. But of course the situation itself is so disturbing and it is better to wait a little longer than then to suffer the consequences. of some tragedy, “he added.

According to the head of the administration, the municipality has contracts with hotels for the self-isolation of the population during the pandemic, but this need is not so great now.

“Surely they will be able to stay there as long as necessary, at least until we know what to do next and what to do next. We hope it doesn’t take long, because again, it costs taxpayers money and, in the end, it is not convenient for the residents themselves, ”said P. Poderskis.

The house on Calle Gabijos is currently empty and guarded by the police.

“Now we are trying to count exactly, in fact, those residents who had to live there. We have placed about a dozen in hotels (…) There is nothing left in the house itself, now it is guarded by the police, the premises do not work either, ”said the director of the municipal administration.

The Fire and Rescue Department told BNS Monday night that residents had been evacuated from the building on a street that broke through the wall of an apartment building. A notification was received about Gabijos str. 30 cracks in the stairwell and some apartments.

According to the local deputy mayor of the capital Valdas Benkunskas, according to BNS, according to preliminary data, about 100 people were evacuated from the apartment building. Podersky told BNS later Monday that the house had a total of 72 apartments, of which “between 100 and 200 inhabitants” had been evacuated.