The collapse of a porch at the Lluís Vives school in Massanassa, where one Tragsa employee died and another was slightly injured, was “unforeseeable”. This was stated on Sunday by the Minister of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment, José Antonio Rovira, during an appearance during which he stressed that “at no time there were no reports that the building was in danger of collapsing.”
However, this version contrasts with the statements of the mayor of this town of Horta Sud, the equally popular Francisco Comes, who declared in statements to the media that the center was classified “red” after being examined by technicians of the Department. This cataloging, Comes points out, means that “they have to tear it down.”
The mayor confirmed that the municipal council had been informed “several days ago” that work was going to be carried out there. “In the case of this school, it seems to me that these were jobs outside and not under or inside the school,” he said.
Precisely, the town hall of Massanassa published a message on social networks on November 7 in which it warned: “The entire population is prohibited, as a precautionary measure, from entering the Lluís Vives and Ausiàs March schools due to warning of possible demolition.
The University of Valencia echoed this information as it concerned them in some Master courses taught in Monteolivete facilities: “At the request of the management and the Ministry, the entire Master headquarters building was transferred at Ceip Lluís You live in Massanassa. » As they explained, this transfer is due to the fact that the building which housed the school “is going to be demolished because of DANA and there are 500 primary school students who need a place to resume classes and continue, as normally as possible”, the school year. » This transfer, they continue, would last 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 present an imminent risk for the structure”, but “a risk for its occupation”, specified the city councilor, who recalled that the incident happened “outside”. 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 the 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 said that the educational center is “already 50 years old” and, after the serious damage caused by the dana, “ Everything indicated that it was better to redo it than to repair it.
