A building collapsed in Liège, rue Sainte-Walburge. “A house has just collapsed”Randy wrote to us at 1:33 p.m. via the orange Alert Us button. “The building is opposite the AVVIO store“, signals Gignot. “I saw six people come out of the dust cloud, I hope there is no death”, wrote Gwen on her Facebook page.
Information taken from the police, the collapse occurred at number 413 (and not 478 as mentioned previously) of the street. “According to the first elements, the building was unoccupied but searches will begin in the rubble, reinforced by a federal police drone”, explained the Liège police zone at the start of its intervention. According to our information, it is a commercial building under renovation.
According to the firefighters, the collapse might be due to this construction site which was in progress. Relief feared that workers were under the rubble, but the police told us around 2:45 p.m. that there were no victims. However, civil protection remains mobilized on the spot. Rue Sainte-Walburge has been closed at 413 and local diversions have been put in place for traffic.
