Several homes and public roads were affected due to heavy rains and hurricane winds, which occurred this Tuesday in the city of Barquisimeto, Lara state, and in the cities of Lechería and Puerto La Cruz, in Anzoátegui state.
The Iribarren Municipal Fire Department, after receiving emergency reports, was deployed to various points in the town to attend mostly damages derived from fallen trees, adding eight those removed by this rescue unit.
The fire officials were deployed on Pedro León Torres Avenue with 48th Street, to attend to the fall of a leafy tree on a vehicle and the obstruction of the road in the incident, no injured person was reported, refers the press release from the Mayor's Office of Iribarren.
The officials carried out maneuvers to clear the plant remains of the trees on public roads using tools such as chainsaws and machetes, to eliminate the danger of both passers-by and drivers.
houses affected
Likewise, the ranch-type homes that were affected by blowing up roofs, due to the strong storm, have been attended to, with the proper inspections of the land in the Cruz Blanca sector and on Las Industrias avenue behind Makro.
Roof of the Metropolis
The Firefighters also visited the CC Metropolis, to inspect the detachment of some sheets of the roof dome, as well as the collapse of the rainwater channels of this shopping center. The event did not cause material damage or flooding within this infrastructure.
fallen fence
Víctor Montero, director of the Iribarren Fire Department, indicated that at the entrance to the Los Crepúsculos urbanization, a large billboard collapsed and fell onto the land of a building, fortunately without causing injuries.
Road clearing after rain
After the rains generated by tropical wave No. 16, the mayor of Iribarren, Luis Jonás Reyes, immediately activated the teams of the municipality's Infrastructure and Services Office to deal with falling trees recorded in different parts of the city .
Crews from the Municipal Infrastructure and Environmental Conservation Company (Emica) attended to pruning, felling and surveying at different points.
Angélica Yépez, president of Emica, reported, "We have around 10 fallen trees in the city, including those on Pedro León Torres Avenue between 48th and 54th Streets, and on 19th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets. Therefore, we deployed six teams to address these damages."
Yépez said that they work together with IMAUBAR, an organization that was deployed on Ribereña Avenue and in the El Garabatal sector, to attend to fallen trees and check stormwater drainage along the busy avenue, especially on 36th Street.
The president of EMICA made a call to the people of Iribarrense to stay in touch and report any affectation due to the rains to the number of the Municipal Fire Department, call the number 0251-2314475 where they will be attended.
Anzoátegui
For their part, users on the social network Twitter reported that the heavy rains and winds in Lechería and Puerto La Cruz, in Anzoátegui state, have affected several homes.
The mayor of Lecheria, Manuel Ferreira Gonzalez reported through his Twitter account that in theEl Morro Hill Several fallen trees were sighted that also affected the power line in the sector.
