The Tijuana landslide has caused 30 houses to collapse; at least 50 families must be evacuated

The strong rainfall that appeared in the city in the last days Tijuana, Baja California, have left serious damage for the population.

There was one on Saturday morning slope slipcaused by a subfloor defective due to moisture, in February and December streets colony October 3, in the Sánchez Taboada delegation.

According to the municipal civil defense, the landslides and sewerage are covered two blocks (about 300 linear meters), from the Nardos road to an unnamed gorge, between the 22 de Octubre artery and the Arco de said colony.

The preliminary count indicates that there are, at least 30 homes affected, between collapsed and on collapse; however the place still presents movements, so it is difficult to enter at this point to directly evaluate.

It becomes Tijuana’s state commission of public services (Cespt), who is responsible for running one analysis to report the causes that triggered the landslide.

It’s worth mentioning that from 2019, the zone as high risk, according to Rafael Sánchez Navarro, head of the municipal civil protection department.

Precipitation is already causing problems because the ground is wet. The population must be ready to be alert and the delegations must provide immediate support in any situation

So, Arturo Gonzalez Cruz, Mayor of Tijuana, instructed elements of Civil Defense, Firefighters, Public Safety, Family Integrated Development System (SDIF) to support the national army in the evacuation of at least 50 families affected in the area.

“They want us to turn off because this is going on; in fact they have cut off our electricity and gas and there will be no water for at least three months “, a neighbor noted in an interview for the newspaper Day.

Meanwhile, Magdalena Bautista Ramírez, director of the SDIF, pointed out that the shelters of the Tijuana and Reforma sports unit, to transfer people who need it. Support was also provided such as pantries, clothing, blankets and medicines, in addition to working on a census to quantify the number of those affected.

However only seven families have reached the shelters, the others have preferred Shelter with family and friends, and others stayed on their property take care of your belongings.

In this context, the Municipal Security and Civil Protection Secretariat is intensifying surveillance operations prevent vandalism in the area.

It’s not the first time

Sunday morning, May 19, 2015 19 houses collapsed due to a landslide in the Anexa Miramar neighborhood, in the same city.

Authorities said the neighbors were ordered to evacuate their homes immediately a few days before they were ordered reported the appearance of cracks in the Agustín Lara street extension.

The residents then pointed out that the cause of the collapse of the houses was an old water leak, that the State Commission of Public Services of Tijuana (CESPT) did not answer.

Nevertheless, Alfonso Alvarez Juan, then the head of that commission, responded that preliminary assessments by the state’s civil defense unit did not show that a water leak was the cause of the landslide.

He even assured that there was no pipeline or presence of water in the affected area.

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