LIMA, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people are dead and around 20 injured after the roof of a food court at a busy shopping center collapsed in northern Peru, authorities said.
“So far we have three deceased, two men and a woman,” fire department Commander Gelqui Gomez said on America TV.
The collapse occurred at the Real Plaza shopping complex in Trujillo, the country’s third largest city, located about 500 kilometres north of the capital Lima.
Around 20 people were injured and have been taken to nearby hospitals, according to the health ministry.
The search for survivors was ongoing, with more than a hundred firefighters and police officers searching through the debris.
“There is a child trapped” under the roof’s metal structures, Aníbal Morillo, a local government health official, told broadcaster Panamericana.
According to the Regional Emergency Operations Center, the collapse occured at 8:41 pm Friday, but was only reported about half an hour later. — NNN-AGENCIES
