Overview

• On the morning of August 11, neighbors heard a loud crash at a rental home on Calle Murialdo and summoned Policía de Mendoza, Bomberos Voluntarios and Defensa Civil to secure the scene.
• Firefighters and emergency medical teams helped all family members exit the unstable structure without serious injuries.
• Bomberos Voluntarios and Defensa Civil personnel extracted six pet dogs that were trapped under the collapsed roof.
• Policía Científica’s preliminary pericias identified a failed central beam as the cause and prompted the Ministerio Público Fiscal to order an immediate evacuation.
• The displaced family—long-term renters who run a home-based massage and Chinese medicine clinic and rescue dogs—faces disruption while municipal teams complete habitability evaluations.