A house in La Baie was swept away by a large landslide on Monday night. He finally fell to land on the roof. It was one of three houses evacuated in April, on the 8the av.
There were no injuries or material damage to other dwellingsSaguenay City spokesman Dominic Arseneau said immediately.
Firefighters and police arrived at the scene just before 8 p.m. They built a security perimeter. Eighteen residences were evacuated on the streets of Avenue du Parc and De la Terrasse-Bellevue, located higher up behind the houses evacuated more than a month ago. Three other dwellings located near the house that was swept away by the landslide were also evacuated. Residents are cared for by the Red Cross.
In the evening, the dam collapsed and evacuated residents for more than a month. There was a fairly large landslidementioned Dominic Arseneau, and added that the amount of land on the site is impressive.
This is an area where we had trouble moving the ground. We recently evacuated three shelters and put up a protective wall in case anything happened. Tonight, we saw that what we feared had happened. The dam is stuck. There was one of the dwellings that went through the side, which eventually turned over on the roofexplanation of the head of the fire department division, Christian Fillion, who specified that heavy rain may have been the source of the landslide.
The 8e The avenue that was closed due to concrete blocks was eventually blocked due to landslides. Moreover, the concrete wall built in April prevented the flow of soil to the dwellings of 9e av.
Residents of the collapsed house were evacuated in April, along with three other houses and two apartments. The Ministry of Transport at that time saw distressing cracks in the embankment of the old Port-Alfred sector. Since then, residents of the two evacuated houses have been able to reunite them with 9e av. Right next to one of these dwellings stopped the race of the stolen house, just a few meters away.
The Englobe firm will manage any expertise, to determine the sequence of events and the perimeter of security to be maintained.mentioned Monday night, in a press release, the City of Saguenay.
With information from Pascal Girard.
Radio Canada
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