The firefighters they were alerted this morning by a rock fall that has occurred in behind Carrer Gil Torres, in Santa Coloma, in Andorra la Vella. The body guard explained that the detachment has not affected any building and the five stones that have fallen have remained stopped in a private field.
The Rescue and Extinction Corps has received one warning at 7.30 in the morning and a truck with a crew of three and the command vehicle has moved there. The firefighters were able to verify that they had gone down three stones, two of which are approximately one cubic meter in sizeexplained the head of the guard. The rocks have passed over a road and have been in the middle of a field and the firemen they have sealed off the area waiting for the review to be done by Government technicianspointed out the head of the fire department.
The head of the guard has indicated that the area is closed does not affect any public access because the rocks have come down to a particular plot. The stones have crossed the entrance way to one private property where there are tobacco fields and buildings which have not suffered any affectation. The people who work on the plantation and who, luckily, were not in the area at the time of the events but encountered the situation a short time later, have also reported that the precipitation of the rocks from the top of the mountain to the private plot, has caused the fall of two trees, one of which has stopped in the middle of the road.
One of the trees that has fallen as a result of the impact of the stones.
Those affected have also explained that when there are episodes of strong winds or adverse climatic episodes, it is common for rockfalls to occur, but that they had never experienced a situation like the one this morning. As soon as they became aware of the facts, the workers alerted the owner, who went to the plantation around 3:30 in the morning.
Those affected, together with the authorities this morning at the place where some of the rocks fell.
The municipality of Andorra la Vella has decided to close part of the Rec del Solà close to the rockfall area to avoid danger in case of new landslides.
