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Pontevedra’s Teatro Principal Closes After False-Ceiling Collapse Injures Five

City officials have ordered a full inspection following confirmation that the upper false ceiling was missed in the last review.

Overview

  • The venue is shut provisionally as a comprehensive technical assessment with municipal staff and the elevator contractor is slated for Monday, with causes still undetermined.
  • Authorities now count five injured people, all with minor wounds, with several evaluated at Hospital Montecelo.
  • A roughly 1-by-2-meter section of the amphitheater’s false ceiling fell during the Universidade de Vigo spring concert, striking attendees as the nearly full house was evacuated calmly.
  • The mayor said the amphitheater false ceiling was not examined in the most recent check carried out a couple of years ago.
  • All programming at the theatre is suspended, with limited options to reassign events to other municipal spaces, as the local PP renews criticism of the building’s maintenance.