The relocation of 338 earthquake victims from the army barracks in Petrinja, which served as a reception centre for locals and care home residents, was completed on Friday morning, a spokesman for the task force dealing with the aftermath of the 29 December earthquake told the state agency Hina.

“There were a total of 338 people in that facility, including 116 care home residents and 222 local inhabitants,” spokesman Mladen Pavic said, noting that they had all been moved to safe locations.

The care home residents were moved to care homes in Lika-Senj County and Zagreb as well as to the Topusko spa. However, the 222 local residents were not moved out of Petrinja, but were relocated from one building to another within the same army barracks.

Pavic said that the civilians were relocated because of possible structural damage done to the building they were staying in. “The building they were staying in did not suffer visible damage, but because of possible structural damage, structural engineers recommended their relocation because a large number of people were staying in the same building,” the spokesman said.