The Santiago District Attorney office and the National Department of Investigations (DNI) are in charge of an investigation into the collapse of a movie house under construction in Santiago. Seven people died inside the building after 10 pm on Saturday, 28 April. Construction engineer Horacio Salvador Alvarez said yesterday in a press conference that De la Rosa & Asociados and engineer Orlando Franco Batlle had carried out studies prior to construction. Reportedly the city government, the Ministry of Public Works and the engineer and architecture college northern branch had opposed the construction due to the unstable ground in the area.
