Five people killed by the collapse of a building in Brazil | Chronic

The number of killed by the collapse of a seven-storey building Last Tuesday, in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, in the state of Ceará, the death toll after the discovery of two new bodies has been increased to five, while firefighters continue the searches of five other missing persons.

This is a 60 year old man, identified as Antonio Holanda Silveiraand his daughter, the psychologist Nayara Pinho Silveira, out of 31, the two residents of the collapsed property, located in the district of Dionisio Torres, a region of the upper middle class of Fortaleza, according to the latest bulletin of the Ceará fire department.

In the collapsed building, which collapsed Tuesday at 10:30 for reasons that are still under investigation, rescuers found three other bodies on Wednesday.

The authorities are investigating the causes of the accident and the legal situation of a reform of the structure of the property that had apparently started Monday.

The first victim was identified as Frederic Santana dos Santos, 30, employee of a food company who was delivering goods to a company lining the damaged building and buried under the rubble.

Wednesday the body of Izaura Brands Menezes, 81 years old building resident. The fifth victim, a woman, was not yet identified.

Rescue tasks

250 firefighters participate in the rescue and search of the five missing, who have no turnaround time. They are assisted by 5 trained dogs for this type of operations.

On Tuesday, firefighters managed to save seven people alive. The rubble hit a small attached supermarket and buried several vehicles in the nearby streets, where residents and relatives of residents concentrated on searching for information about missing persons.

The wounded, two of them in serious condition, were transferred to Fortaleza hospitals and some were released after finding that they had not sustained any serious injuries.

In April, the collapse of two buildings in a peripheral area of ​​Rio de Janeiro caused a dozen deaths and revealed the problem of irregular buildings in Brazil.

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