The presidential delegate of Valparaíso, Sofia Gonzalezannounced that preventive evacuation will be maintained in towers 3 and 4 of the Euromarina 2 building, which was affected by a new sinkhole in the Reñaca sector, in the commune of Viña del Mar.
The regional authority met this afternoon with the regional director of Serviu, Rodrigo Uribe, and the regional director of Sernageomin, Christian Orellana, who explained that the preventive evacuation will be maintained, as well as the implementation of a security perimeter in the area will be evaluated. affected.
“We are acting quickly and efficiently to give peace of mind to the neighbors.since also We must prepare for the weather event that is coming this week.“González pointed out.
Likewise, he indicated that “it has been defined to maintain the preventive evacuation of the two towers of the building. At this moment Sernageomin is determining the limits of a possible security perimeter to be installed in the sector, in addition to streamline all necessary processes through other organizations to clearly identify the reasons for this impactand certainly also the solutions”.
“In addition, a contingency plan for the purpose of reducing the water load this week which has a secondary collector that is inside the building and with that also generates conditions and prevent any type of difficulty or any type of affectation to the integrity of the residents of the sector,” he added.
INVESTIGATION
For his part, the regional director of Serviu pointed out that “it is important to have certainty in this type of infrastructure, particularly why the collector failed. In particular, we have observed an intervention by third partieswhich is part of the investigation that we have to carry out and, of course, the expert reports and actions that we have to take as a service.”
As reported by Serviu, through a statement, earth movements were observed under a terrace of the building, interventions on the existing collectors, existence of an uninformed rainwater collector“all of them work that was not carried out by this service.”
The sinkhole has at least 15 meters long and 30 meters deepa fact for which almost 90 people were evacuated during the night.
