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FROM
CUBA
Havana building collapse damages surrounding
houses
HAVANA, Cuba, November 15 (Juan Carlos
Linares / www.cubanet.org) - The collapse
of a building in the Luyanó district
of Havana November 13 damaged about a dozen
houses, some severely, in its immediate
vicinity, and killed two puppies.
The 80-year-old building had been condemned
in 1976 and had been awaiting demolition
until crews started the work two months
ago. According to neighbors, the work crews
from the Construction Ministry took their
time with the demolition, and residents
made periodic forays into the work site
to extract any manner of scarce building
materials which they felt they could use
in their own homes. Thus they carried off
bricks, rebar, windows, all the while taking
risks at the building site.
As it turned out, no one was hurt in the
collapse. Some of the surrounding houses
lost their roof, walls; some were partially
demolished themselves.
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