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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Handout picture by La Libertad Police Region shows rescue teams working at the scene of an accident in which a roof of a food court collapsed in a shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru. — Pic by AFP
LIMA, Feb 22 — At least three people are dead and around 74 injured after the roof of a food court at a busy shopping centre collapsed in northern Peru, authorities said yesterday.
“So far we have three deceased, two men and a woman,” fire department Commander Gelqui Gómez said on América TV.
The number injured had risen to 74, said local government health official Aníbal Morillo, after the health ministry earlier reported 20 injured.
“We have evacuated 74 injured to hospitals and clinics, 10 of whom are children. There are 11 seriously injured,” Morillo told RPP radio.
Dozens of families were in the food court of the shopping mall when the roof collapsed, according to local media reports.
The collapse occurred at the Real Plaza shopping complex in Trujillo, the country’s third largest city, located about 500 kilometres (310 miles) north of the capital Lima.
The search for survivors was ongoing, with more than a hundred firefighters and police officers searching through the debris.
“There is a child trapped” under the roof’s metal structures, Morillo told broadcaster Panamericana.
Interior Minister Juan José Santiváñez estimated the collapsed roof area was 700 to 800 square metres.
“We need hydraulic cranes to lift part of the roof that has not yet been removed because it is so heavy and to continue rescue operations for those who may be trapped,” the minister told Canal N television channel.
According to the Regional Emergency Operations Centre, the collapse occurred at 8:41 pm, but was only reported about half an hour later. — AFP
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