Tragedy in Peru: the moment of the collapse of the roof of the religious holiday that killed six people

Six people died in an Andean town when the roof and the wall of a place where a religious holiday was held collapsed under the weight of a rush of rain and hail.

Raúl Pérez, the regional head of the mobile emergency care system, told reporters on Monday that the tragedy had occurred the day before in Huancán district of central Peru's Huancayo province. and that the victims were caught between two victims. Collapsed wall bricks and roof structure composed of thick iron and zinc plates.

The evening in honor of San Francisco de Asís was one of the most important moments of the day, when the ceiling began to fall and hundreds of participants attempted to leave the premises, according to videos broadcast by local television channels.

Two of the dead were musicians from an orchestra that played Andean melodies and at least twenty others were injured by bruises, the health authorities later said.

The rain that lasted more than two hours flooded several houses in Huancán. According to the National Meteorological Service, rain and hail precipitation in the region could resume and continue until Wednesday.

In January, in another region of the Andes, the roof and walls of a festive place where a wedding was celebrated also collapsed due to rains and killed 15 people.