The collapse of the Aula magna at the University of Cagliari: almost a massacre
The collapsed building, the great fear: the roar just before 10pm, just a few hours before there were many students. The area has been secured, all buildings are inspected
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“It could have been a massacre”, “it was a miracle ”. The mayor of Cagliari Paolo Truzzu and the rector Francesco Mola rushed to via Trentino last night shortly after the collapse of the former lecture hall of Geology , now used as a classroom and laboratories of the Language faculty , which collapsed when they had recently passed 21.45 . Only a few hours earlier that building was crowded with students.
And the great fear was that someone was under the rubble . The fire brigade , rushed in force, asked for silence in order to possibly hear some signal. Fortunately there were no injuries, the ambulances arrived on the spot and left empty.
After the roar of the collapse, a cloud of dust arose: the ceiling, the side walls and the facades are no longer there.
Today the lessons are obviously suspended , that pile of rubble triggers many questions, one above all: "How could this happen?". The magistrates will open a criminal file, currently against unknown persons, and all the investigations will be carried out. Recently, it became known in the immediacy of the near tragedy, the building had undergone consolidation works.
The students announced direct and protest actions , in the eyes of the many who reached via Trentino during the night one could read the great fear, the awareness for many of having escaped an event that could have tragic consequences.
In the meantime, the area has been made safe, all the buildings of the Sa Duchessa complex are inspected and in the morning the rector Francesco Mola has called a press conference to communicate the list of courses whose lessons are suspended until Monday .
In all the other blocks of the structure, lessons take place regularly.
At the moment the library has been closed to avoid the passage of students.
(Unioneonline / ss-E / F)
PICTURES:
THE VIDEOS:
The representative of Languages: "We all risked our lives":
Alberto Caocci and Giacomo Pisano (Student Project):
The place of the near tragedy:
The inspection:
The rubble:
