A wall collapsed in full marriage in Peru: there are at least fifteen dead



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At least 15 people died after falling off a wall Saturday night at a hotel where a wedding had been held in Abancay, in southeastern Peru, officials said Sunday.

"More than 100" guests attended the wedding, and the avalanche pierced the walls of the hotel by forcibly entering the premises. 15 dead and 29 wounded, "said the city's mayor, Evaristo Ramos, on RPP radio.

According to the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci), the hotel's wall has collapsed as a result of the collapse of a dam adjacent to the building, built to prevent falling rocks or landslides in the area. The enclosure was built very close to a slope.

Indeci leader Jorge Chávez told the RPP that the heavy rains had caused the fall of a wall of the Alhambra hotel where the ceremony was taking place. The first collapse resulted in the collapse of the center roof of the event.

The wounded were taken to Guillermo Díaz hospital in La Vega de Abancay. The members of the fire company and the The national police continue to search for people.

In Peru, in the first few months of the year, avalanches of stones and mud have been caused by incessant rains, road damage, devastating harvests and floods, the agency said.

In the first quarter of 2018, floods and avalanches killed at least 30 people. In March of last year, five family members died while they dined in an avalanche of stones and mud that fell on their house, located on a hillside in the northern region of La Libertad, announced the Indeci.

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