The Generalitat Valenciana has allowed the installations of the Feria Valencia, the largest pavilion in Valencia with 230,000 square metersto be used “immediately” as a morgue for those who died at DANA.
In this way, according to Emergency sources, the bodies of the victims can be preserved and delivered to the funeral directors.
A unit of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and the management of the organization coordinated this Thursday afternoon to set up a special device within the installations which would make it possible to locate and preserve the bodies of the deceased in what was the worst DANA in history. of our country.
According to the latest official data, 155 people have died in the province of Valencia and the number of people missing could be around 250.
Initially, the possibility of also installing a small autopsy room at the Feria Valencia was mentioned, but the Generalitat clarified that “for the moment, this option will not be used.”
Autopsies will continue to be performed at the Forensic Institute. The Feria Valencia facilities have been prepared since Thursday evening to be used “immediately” as a morgue.
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Rescue teams continue to work tirelessly to find people alive. The work is concentrated in the most affected areas, such as Chiva and the Valencia metropolitan area.
The news coming in is not good as many bodies continue to be found, mainly in garages.
This Thursday, rescue teams found 8 corpses in La Torredistrict of Valencia, when we thought that we would no longer find dead people in the capital.
On the other hand, the mayor of Chiva, Amparo Fort, explained to EFE that they need a medical ambulance and stressed that, although they currently record ten deaths, they expect “hundreds”.
Apparently in their city they were only able to focus on the urban area and the municipal area is very large and there are “hundreds of cars” overturned on the highway and “there are probably people there ‘interior’.
The heavy rains recorded at the start of the week caused several ravines to overflow. Amid the chaos, many people were isolated and communications were lost, complicating rescue and tracing efforts.
The authorities have set up operational centers and information points within the Civil Guard and the National Police to coordinate efforts and support families in their searches.
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande Marlaskawill join “permanently” the team of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) of 112 of the Valencian Community.
