The fall of two large rocks during thein the morning from Monday to Tuesday caused material damage in two industrial buildings and a van parked insidein the area of Calle dels Barrers de Santa Coloma. The detachment occurred at around 2:30 in the morning, causing surprise among the residents of the area. As explained by el comú d’Andorra la Vella al Diarithe rocks had a volume of ten cubic meters. Despite the damage caused, no personal or residential damage was recorded.
The two rocks came off the top of the mountain and they ended up falling in areas that did not have protective nets. These, on the other hand, were indeed installed to safeguard the homes. The wreckage was concentrated in a part of the property where there are several warehouses, warehouses, orchards and sheds intended for agricultural activity, as he explained Government in the Newspaper. In fact, the place where the damage occurred is listed as “danger zone of falling rocks“, a classification that identifies the risk of landslides in this sector. Despite this consideration, current regulations allow the aforementioned facilities to be built on these lands and that suffered damage.
Debris caused by falling rocks
Shortly after becoming aware of the facts, two units of the fire brigade, with a total of four personnelthey traveled to the affected area to check the extent of the incident. Once there, they verified the situation and proceeded to delimit and close the two accesses to the via ferrata de Sant Vicenç d’Enclar along Carrer dels Barrers, as a preventive measure. The decision was made following the report prepared by the drone company contracted by the Government to carry out an inspection of the perimeter. He also leaves mobilize the parish’s traffic service to check possible damage caused to the roadfruit of detachment; as well as police, geologists from the Government and technicians of dDepartment of Territorial Planning and Urbanism to carry out review tasks and relevant security actions.
