Florencio Varela: Man killed by collapsing balcony

A 57-year-old man, identified as Jorge Raúl Álvarez, died on Thursday evening in the La Sirena neighborhood of Florencio Varela, south of Greater Buenos Aires, after a concrete balcony collapsed onto him.

The incident occurred around 7:00 PM near the intersection of Pedro Morán street and Monteverde Avenue. Álvarez was walking toward his home to purchase meat when the first-floor structure of a building gave way. The building houses a family residence on the first floor and a venue known as “El Salón de Juan” on the ground floor.

Local authorities from the Florencio Varela Second Precinct cordoned off the area. The case has been assigned to the UFI 08 prosecutor's office, which has provisionally classified the incident as involuntary manslaughter. Investigators have ordered forensic examinations to determine the structural integrity of the building and the cause of the collapse.