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Two Injured as Kitchen Floor Collapses, Forcing Evacuation of Badalona Apartment Block

A municipal review found structural damage that keeps the building closed pending further checks.

Overview

  • Firefighters evacuated all twelve dwellings after the first-floor kitchen floor and false ceiling gave way at about 10:47 at Mare de Déu de Lorda 101.
  • A 71-year-old woman fell through a hole of roughly three square meters and she and her daughter were treated by emergency medics, with the woman taken to Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol.
  • The Bombers deployed their Group of Collapsed Structures, cut building utilities, and escorted residents to collect essential belongings.
  • A preliminary assessment by a municipal technician, conducted with the collapsed-structures team, determined residents cannot return due to structural damage.
  • City social services are assisting affected families at the Centre Cívic de la Salut, with reports noting either twelve homes cleared or about 15 people displaced.