The mall collapses in Mexico without leaving anyone injured or trapped

A shopping center in southern Mexico has suffered a partial collapse today, but for the time being people have been trapped or injured.

Dozens of social network users have captured the images of the collapse, which can be seen, that is, that the facade falls and the rubble fall into a previously cordoned off area [19659004] The shopping center, called Plaza Artz, was opened three months ago in El Pedregal, an affluent neighborhood of the city. the areas of the complex are still under construction.

"For now, we have no injuries" because those inside the building – still under construction in one of its areas – have noticed in time that there was a problem and they left the place, said the secretary of public security of the capital, Hiram Almeida.

The area has been cordoned off and the activity of the shopping center has been suspended "until some and there is no risk to the other inhabitants of the area," said the manager. in statements to the media that, upon his arrival, were reprimanded by a group of neighbors who demanded responsibility and security.

Luis Enrique Márquez He was working on the third floor of the building, told Efe that he and his colleagues had heard "thunders" and had decided to follow the security protocol, which requires the evacuation of the building.

The building began to lean, "We realized that he was going to yield."

Once he left the building, "the whole structure started giving way, the videos thundered, and everything fell," he said.

After the collapse, the place of the members of the Public Security Secretariat of the capital, the Relief and Medical Relief Squadron, the Red Cross and the fire brigade arrived

The mayor of Mexico City, José Ramón Amieva, announced at a press conference that the taxa alía capitalina has opened an investigation to find out the causes of the collapse. "It is obvious that it is a case of negligence," said the official.

He announced that the Institute for Construction Safety in Mexico City will badyze whether the accident occurred "due to structural failure or due to subsidence of the subsystem. ground".

According to Amieva, the managers of the shopping center had informed of the conclusion of the first stage of construction, that is to say that of the commercial party.

Another construction phase was underway, currently under construction. suspended – to create "offices and other services."

The managers of the works gave the authorities the corresponding building permits and an opinion approved by a structural safety expert, said Amieva

. the mall lamented the incident and "the inconvenience that containment and protection cause mobility in the area."

Plaza Ar tz Pedregal badured that he will work with the authorities to determine the causes of the event.

The shopping center project was carried out by the firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos and during its construction a landslide had already been recorded in 2016. EFE

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