In the afternoon hours of this Monday, the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) requested a diagnosis Ministry of Public Works (MOP) to evaluate critical points in buildings near the sinkhole occurred in Reñaca, Viña del Mar.
The director(s) of Senapred, Alicia Cebrián, explained that after the situation that affected the Euromarina II building in Reñaca, “We are going to ask the Ministry of Public Works to lead a diagnostic work on the dune field“.
He added that they will also ask, “to convene the organizations that have some expertise or technical competence in that matter in order to to be able to have a greater analysis in relation to future emergency situations“.
When asked about the risk points in the event of a possible sinkhole, she stated that, “Senapred, in coordination with the municipalities and the Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Urban Planning, among other organizations, Preparation actions are carried out annually to face the winter season – as a result of these preparatory actions – is that they began in January of this year and that critical points have arisen in the territories.
Detail that is considered a critical point “a place that the municipality identifies where a situation must occur as a result of a meteorological event that could affect people“.
In this sense, he explained that the Kandinsky building It is a critical point because it is affected by the sinkhole; however, “The other buildings are in an area exposed to different variables and threats“If they are at risk or not from the occurrence of a sinkhole, we do not have that information and that is what we have requested through this letter from the Ministry of Public Works in order to make a complete diagnosis of the situation of the dune system.”
