In Teresina, Brazil, an elderly man named Adão Campelo da Fonseca, aged 63, was injured during the unexpected collapse of a structure containing four shops on the Main Avenue of Dirceu. As he walked on the sidewalk, part of the ceiling fell and struck him. Fortunately, a mannequin from a nearby store fell in such a way that it prevented heavier debris from directly hitting him, thereby minimizing his injuries to a lighter nature.

Natália Cavalcante, an employee at one of the affected stores, reported the incident, expressing her initial fears that someone had died in the collapse. She was inside her store when the structure gave way and described the scene as