A six-storey building built in colonial times on Avenida Comandante Valódia in Luanda collapsed this morning, with no fatalities known so far, according to the Angolan press.

According to Rádio Luanda, teams from the Civil Protection and Fire Services, present since the early hours of the incident, are continuing to remove the rubble from the Avenida Comandante Valódia building.

According to information released this Saturday by the Luanda provincial government, the authorities' preliminary assessment of the state of the building (where 18 families were living) allowed for the timely evacuation of the residents, who are now staying in a hotel.

The building on Avenida Comandante Valódia had been monitored by the competent authorities, which enabled a timely diagnosis of the problem. deteriorating condition of the infrastructure.

The governor of Luanda province, Manuel Homem, is leading a team that is monitoring the work to remove the rubble from the building.

But this morning, what was already visible about the state of the building, and probably expected, happened.