The collapse of a porch at the Lluís Vives school in Massanassa, where a Tragsa worker died and another was slightly injured, was “unforeseeable.” This was stated this Sunday by the Minister of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment, José Antonio Rovira, in an appearance in which he insisted that “at no time was there a report that said that the building was at risk of collapsing.”
However, this version contrasts with the statements of the mayor of this town of l’Horta Sud, the also popular Francisco Comes, who has said in statements to the media that the center was classified as “red” after being reviewed by technicians from the Department. This cataloging, Comes pointed out, means that “they have to tear it down.”
The mayor confirmed that the City Council had been informed “several days ago” that work was going to be done there. “In the case of this school, it seems to me that they were jobs outside, not under or inside the school,” he stated.
Precisely, the Massanassa town council published a message on social media on November 7 in which it warned: “The entire population, as a precaution, is prohibited from entering the Lluís Vives and Ausiàs March schools due to the warning of possible demolition.”
The Universitat de València echoed this information because it affected them in some Master’s classes that were given in facilities in Monteolivete: “At the request of management and the Ministry, the entire Master’s headquarters building has been transferred to the Ceip Lluís You live in Massanassa.” As they explained, this transfer was due to the fact that the building that housed the school “is going to be demolished as a result of DANA and there are 500 Primary students who need a place to resume classes and continue, as normally as possible, the school year.” This transfer, they continue, was going to last for the entire 2024/2025 academic year.
“Significant damage” but without “imminent risk”
“The technical reports indicate that the center suffered significant damage but that it did not pose an imminent risk to the structure,” but “a risk to its occupation,” specified the councilor, who recalled that the incident occurred “outside.” , on a porch that connects one building to another.”
The Tragsa Group reported this afternoon that the collapse of the porch, according to initial investigations, was due to the “collapse of an exterior metal structure that protected the passage between buildings from the elements.”
For his part, in response to the media after the “emergency meeting” held this Sunday at the Palau de la Generalitat, Rovira commented that the educational center is “already 50 years old” and, after the serious damage caused by the dana, “Everything pointed to the fact that it was more worth making it new than repairing it.”
Source: www.eldiario.es
