At least 3 dead, 20 injured after food court roof collapses in Peru
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LIMA - At least three people are dead and around 20 injured after the roof of a food court at a busy shopping centre collapsed in northern Peru, authorities said on Feb 21.
“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 500km 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, Mr Anibal Morillo, a local government health official, told broadcaster Panamericana.
According to the Regional Emergency Operations Center, the collapse occured at 8.41 pm, but was reported only about half an hour later. AFP
