Before the collapse
November 21, 2013, eight in the morning. Supermarket Maxima on Priedaines Street 20, built only a year prior, opens its doors. Construction is ongoing atop the roof of the shop to create a rooftop garden and walking plot for residents of the house attached to the shop. The construction work is carried out by Re&Re. At four in the afternoon, the builders leave.
At 16:21, the fire alarm goes off and evacuation announcements are played. Some shoppers ...