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At least one dead and three injured after the passage of an avalanche that entered a hotel in Bariloche

At least one dead and three wounded after a mudslide that slid inside a hotel complex in Bariloche, after intense rains made a containment give way.

As reported by the newspaper Black river, The tragedy happened in Huinid, a complex that has two buildings and dozens of cabins and apartments in a ravine located from Avenida de los Pioneros to Avenida Exequiel Bustillo.

Commissioner Marcelo Guastavino, head of Unit 27, told the Rio Negro newspaper that the avalanche entered through the back of the hotel and that part of the landslide entered through the first floor into the ground floor.

The mud entered the ground floor with force.Marcelo Martinez (Rio Negro Newspaper)

From the hotel, they preferred to wait for the evaluations to be carried out to give more details and so far no data on the fatal victim has emerged.

As reported, the mud entered the first floor with force, where guests left the rooms as best they could, and reached the ground floor. Some tourists in robes and others with suitcases could be seen in the hotel lobby, according to the newspaper Black river.

One dead after an avalanche that entered a hotel in Bariloche

The large amount of water that fell in the lower parts of the city in recent hours caused one of the containment to give way.

In a video you can see the amount of mud that entered the establishment.

Firefighters were working outside and inside the place and last night they continued to search the rooms looking for trapped or injured people.

An avalanche, also called an avalanche, is the movement down the slope of a significant portion of snow, which can incorporate part of the substrate and the vegetation cover of the slope. This phenomenon occurs within the natural processes that affect the slopes in mountain areas.

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