by SANA News Staff at SANA
SANA The Governor of Lattakia, Amer Hilal, announced that the earthquake that hit Syria left 805 deaths and about 1,131 injuries, including 61 who are still receiving treatment in hospitals.
Hilal said in a statement that the collapsed buildings amounted to 105 buildings, pointing to the presence of 91 engineering examination committee formed by the Engineers Syndicate, the branch of the General Company for Engineering Studies, the Directorate of Technical Services and Administrative Units.
“The committee inspected, until the 25th of this month, 23,954 buildings, and its reports show that there are about 900 completely damaged buildings, which will be presented to the Structural Safety Committee to take a decision; either consolidation or demolition”, Hilal added.
Hilal explained that after the second earthquake occurred on February 20th , the governorate formed 30 committees to inspect 1,200 schools in the governorate to assess their structural and architectural condition, as 144 schools have been inspected so far.
He indicated that the governorate officially opened 29 shelter centers,…
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