One person has died after being trapped in the collapse of a wall in the La Rocar area of Arrecife in the Islote de El Francés. In addition, at noon this Wednesday it became known that this person had been "dead for several days" under the rubble. La Voz has learned this.
"We have requested authorization to remove that rubble and locate that body that is down there. We don't know if there are more, but we don't think so," said the manager of the Security and Emergency Consortium of the Cabildo de Lanzarote. After reviewing 60% of the affected area, only one corpse has been found so far.
The collapsed wall is about 50 meters long and 1.5 meters high, according to the manager of the Emergency Consortium, Enrique Espinosa. The rubble has been removed with a mechanical shovel that they have requested from the Arrecife City Council. Agents of the National Police, the Local Police of Arrecife, firefighters and two ambulances have already been deployed to the area. In addition to the Judicial Police.
Several homeless people usually sleep in this place, where the remains of a cannery are located.
