Adutora breaks, opens a crater and damages houses in Estrela do Oriente

An advisor from Copasa left at dawn this Thursday (28) in Estrela do Norte Street, Estrela do Oriente, in the western part of the capital. According to the civil defense, six buildings were hit, and one of them was partially banned by the civil defense because of the displacement of a wall. A house located on Estrela do Horizonte Street, on the border of the property prohibited by the Civil Defense, was flooded and ten residents who lived in the area had to be removed. A small dog of the Yorkshire breed got to be dragged by the current formed inside the house, but was saved by the residents. Nobody was hurt. Water supply in neighborhoods in the western region has been compromised.

A crater about three meters in diameter was opened in Estrela Estrela Street because of the break. According to Alex Costa, Civil Protection Surveyor, there is always a risk of collapse on part of the road. A block away from Estrela do Norte Street is isolated

The body's pipeline rupture occurred around 3 am and residents were frightened by the large volume of electricity. water coming down the street, forming a strong flood. The 34-year-old Edmilson Ferreira, who lives in the building partially blocked by civil defense, said he had been awoken by the sound of the flood and the collapse of the wall.

Neighbors reported that wooden planks and sandbags were used to try to contain the force of the water, but that was not a problem. flood. The researcher Camú Lúcia Sampaio, 56, who lives in front of the site of the rupture of the pipeline, said the neighbors were mobilized to try to take the residents to the interior of the affected homes by the flood. "Our concern was to get people out of the houses because the amount of water that had fallen was impressive," says the researcher.

Already the ten inhabitants of a house located in the street Estrela do Horizonte, which borders the property prohibited by the Defense. Civil, counted the damage caused by the flood. On the site, the water reached one meter high. All rooms were affected. With squeegees and brooms, the family tried to clean the property while trying to understand what had happened at dawn. Personal trainer Larissa Santiago, 22, said the family has lost everything. "We lost everything: furniture, clothes and documents, desperation to be awakened by the water that invaded the house and people without knowing what was happening," lamented Larissa

Copasa is in place to badess what caused the breakage and damage caused by the incident. The water supply company's technicians did not record any interview, but it is suspected that the pipeline rupture was caused by the wear and tear of the pipeline.