(Saguenay) The number of houses evacuated in La Baie in Saguenay due to landslide risk continues to rise. The city asked 53 more families to vacate their homes by 7 a.m. Sunday night.
Posted at 12:02 am.
According to Steve Julian, deputy director of the Saguenay Fire Department, “like Saint-Jean-Vianney”, the threat of a major landslide is alarming. In this 1971 tragedy 42 houses were blown up and 31 people were killed.
As many as 21 houses were evacuated earlier this week following a landslide that completely destroyed one house on Monday the 8th.e Ave. It was evicted in April as a precautionary measure.
During a press conference on Saturday evening, he announced the results of the drilling engineers. Julian explained, “The land below all is very active at depth, which can cause landslides of great importance.”
Residents need to be patient.
“We now have a total of 76 families, and they will probably be evacuated for weeks, maybe even months, so we are doing everything we can to evacuate these people and inform them,” Saguna Mayor Julie Dufour underlined. Saturday evening.
The perimeter is under surveillance
For obvious security reasons, on the one hand, security guards are also employed to ensure that no one enters the perimeter, but to protect evicted dwellings from theft and mischief.
The Red Cross, CIUSSS Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, the city of Saguenay or the Ministry of Public Safety, oversees civil security and has provided ancillary services to evicted residents.
Already, Quebec is preparing for calls for help that will certainly emerge from this natural disaster.
By April 26, five apartments had been evacuated due to the risk of landslides, but two of those apartments were then able to relocate their occupants again. Works including construction of concrete wall were carried out. A specialist company was hired to determine the measures needed to prevent the dam from collapsing, but the landslide occurred on Monday before the work could be completed.
The 21 apartments evicted this week are located on Avenue to Park, Belview Terrace and 8.e Ave.
The other 53 homes evicted over the weekend are located at Avenues to Port and Du Park on the 6th.e At Street and 7e8e And 9e Avenues.
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