The intervention of the Fire Brigade at the University of Cagliari
Cagliari, the Aula Magna of the University collapses. Nearly the massacre, but no injuries
A devastating collapsethe one that took place last night at the University of Cagliari, when around 10 pm the white building of the Faculty of Geology, which houses the language students, has curled up on itself.
In the main hall in via Trentino, until 7.30 pm, there were usually students and students, and just before 8 pm the caretaker had closed the door, after having checked that no one was inside.
Collapse at the University of Cagliari, no injuries
The boys coming out of the canteen and those staying in the nearby Student House on the Sa Duchessa campus rushed into the street, terrified by the crash of the pulverized walls, and called the Fire Brigade. Panic immediately spread, and concern for possible deaths and injuries, but research confirmed that the Aula Magna was empty.
To be sure the Fire Brigade worked until late at night, with the help of dogs and drones of Usar, Urban search and rescue teams, specialized in research. Rescuers left in the midst of tension, with those present forced to remain silent to try to hear any signs of life in the rubble.
The rector of the University on the collapse: “A bolt from the blue”
To assist in the rescue operations the rector Francesco Mola: “The important thing is to understand the cause of the collapse, to ascertain whether the problem was only in this part of the building or even the rest”; and on the predictability of the event he added: “It was a bolt from the blue. The “Investment Management” carries out routine periodic activities on our over 300 thousand square meters of assets, and reports are triggered even in the presence of a small infiltration “. Same Vigilants confirmed that they have never intervened in the past.
The mayor of Cagliari, Paolo Truzzuwho wanted to personally make sure that there were no students or teachers involved in the collapse: “The Lord has pardoned us, if it had happened earlier it would have been a massacre. The mood is that of someone who knows that our life hangs by a thread ”.
Now the operations to secure the building will continuepending a detailed report from the Fire Brigade: the area around the Aula Magna in via Trentino will be closed, and the scheduled lessons will take place online. In the meantime, the Reset Unica student association has organized a protest garrison in front of the rectorate for today at 10.30, to claim “the right to study without the risk of dying from the rubble while we are teaching”.
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