A school in Tepartó, Colombia was buried by a landslide and three children died. Pictures Government of Antioquia.
A landslide This Thursday almost completely buried a rural school located in the village of Tapartó, in the municipality of Andes, in the Antioquia department of Colombia, and caused the death of three children they were on break.
“A landslide covered 80 percent of the structure of a rural school, completely covering the children who were there and taking recess. very big and very sad tragedy for our corregimiento “, community priest Aldemar Ramírez told local media.
As he explained, it had rained in the morning and this is what caused the collapse, although he made it clear that “it was not expected to happen because it is not a very mountainous area and there was no such threat”.
After the disaster struck, first responders and several community volunteers began work on the scene and managed to save 19 children and the school teacher. However, they could not prevent the deaths of three minors: Two 5 and 6 year old girls and a 6 year old boy.
A school in Tepartó, Colombia was buried by a landslide and three children died. Pictures Government of Antioquia.
“Two of them were tempted to do it rebirthbut they were already in such a state nothing could be done and the last girl who arrived at the health center had no more vital signs “, complained Carlos Arroyave, director of the San Rafael hospital, where the victims were taken.
For her part, Eliana Rincones, the teacher rescued together with her students, made statements to the press and released to raw story from the moment she was surprised by the strong avalanche.
“We were all on pause when suddenly we heard something very loud, we all turned to look, we didn’t even know where we were running, all we did was run, it was a matter of seconds when everything fell apartit was a lot of land, “he recalled.
To help with the tasks, the incumbent governor, Juan Pablo López, and the security secretary, Luis Fernando Suárez, were present, accompanied by a commission from the administrative department for risk management of Antioquia (Dagran).
A school in Tepartó, Colombia was buried by a landslide and three children died. Pictures Government of Antioquia.
“Today we are overwhelmed with grief for the loss of three children in the Andes. Our embrace and solidarity with their relatives. So much strength. Antioquia is in mourning,” wrote Dagran’s official Twitter account.
This is assured by Laura Duarte, director of the Administrative Department for Disaster Risk Management in Medellín 58 homes were evacuated. In addition, the government authorities have verified that several critical issues still remain in the area. “During an overflight they found cracks and scars where the earth keeps moving,” says Duarte.
On Wednesday, another landslide in the Antioquia department left a woman and girl dead in the village of San Antonio de Prado, in Medellín, after heavy rains in the region.
With information from Xinhua.
Source: Clarin
