Huaral: search for missing people begins for third day after avalanche

A rescue team of about 45 people from the army, police and firefighters began on Sunday, for the third day in a row, the search for five people who went missing during avalanches that hit the city last Thursday and Friday. from La Perla Shopeein the province of Huaral.

Landslides have so far left two people dead, 58 homeless and several houses destroyed.

One of the rescue teams that examined the affected area consists of 27 people. National Police of Peru (PNP). They are joined by Fritz, a golden retriever trained to search for bodies.

PNP Commander, Juan Melgarejoindicated that for today’s work it is planned to use such a technique as excavators.

“Yesterday, the behavior of the work area due to weather prevented us from continuing to work, but we have made great progress with the help of our dog. We hope for good results, and apparently we will use some technique. we will see a different strategy,” he said.

Bye Teobaldo MelgarejoThe commander-in-chief of the fire department announced that two fronts of work had been created, in the “upper part where we worked until yesterday” and in the lower part “that today the weather conditions are favorable and we are going to enter this point.” “.

Likewise, he claimed that “we have three designated lookout points at the top that help us visualize some type of landslide or landslide in the affected area.”

will also be used drones keep an eye on the upper part where the settlement is located La Perla Shopeebecause it was reported about the existence of some springs that are about to overflow.