The sinkhole swallows a family house, but the losses will not be covered?
In the third night, the family of the Valvaliai was ran out of the homes and it may be permanently left. He grabbed only passport, shoes.
« Now no one can enter. It’s scary not to fall, » said Ovidijus Tamutis, owner of the house on the sinkhole.
When a semi -broken house will be swallowed by a sinkhole – no one knows.
« We blocked the area and wait. The sinkhole is formed, » the firefighter said.
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From the beds, the spouses danced through the crunchy walls of the plunge. Underground processes occur in the eyes. The owner of the house says it’s even worse inside.
« The image inside is similar to that after the war or the earthquake. It is impossible to restore, » the resident assured.
Neither home nor money. The host says that two years ago, the observation crack marks. He then hired professionals to reinforce the foundations, but the crumbling of the walls did not stop. The municipality commissioned and paid the subterranean research.
« It found that there is a 12 -meter good land here and 6 meters of emptiness, » emphasized O. Tamutis.
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But geologists did not see the threats, though they drilled both outside and inside the house.
« The geologists were a sinkhole 3 meters from the home well, and under the house, thought there would be no one. The side probably did not see that depth, and where it goes, no one knows.
The man was allowed to live about a year ago. As of Wednesday, no permit is required, and it is not valid as home insurance. According to the Valvalian, the insurers did not extend the insurance when the building started to break down, and identified it as a construction defect.
« The house had to fall immediately, then we will pay, and if it collapses a little bit, then we will not pay. I succumbed to a lawyer, » the man recalled.
But the insurance did not fight, so neither home nor money. This can happen to all the Valvals.
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The district government calls an extraordinary situation in a sinkhole. The last time the house was destroyed 26 years ago.
« A large sinkhole opened between the two houses between two houses and two houses were damaged. At that time, the government received funds to cover the losses for residents. It is a pity that there is no longer a karst phenomenon removal fund, » Povilas Balčiūnas, Director of Pasvalys Municipality Administration.
Not only state support for the sinkholes, but also the only geologist of the only two districts – Pasvalys and Biržai – Gelmis – remained.
On Thursday, the Pasvalys authorities are calling for the Emergency Commission on the temporary housing for the victims, the support of the municipalities, and the government will be asked to contribute.
