rescue teams No deaths recorded during initial inspection of Bonaire mall parking lot (Valencia) took place this Sunday. Of course, the troops will continue their searches of cars stuck in the square’s parking lots this Monday.
Before the entry of Emergency services in the parking lot, it was flooded, so the EMU (Military Emergency Unit) had to reduce the water level by a total of 1.5 meters so that divers, kayaks and various drones can access the site. From now on, the UME can already access the car parks on foot, even if They have already been able to inspect 50 cars without finding anyone dead inside.
Likewise, the mayor of Aldaia, Guillermo Lujan Valeroindicated that the parking lot was “practically empty”, so, for the moment, called for caution.
Beyond Bonaire, to the troops who are working to find the victims caused by DANA, since They are concerned about the state of the parking lot at the MN4 shopping center.in the town of Alfafar, another of the ground zeros of the worst cold drop of the 21st century.
50 soldiers continue to evacuate water
As reported by the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Angel Victor Torres“50 soldiers” continue to work, with the help of four machines, bail out the remaining water from the shopping center’s underground parking lot.
And it was during a press conference after participating in the crisis committee monitoring the effects of DANA that the minister was questioned about the situation in this shopping center. On this subject, Torres indicated that “It is not possible to speculate on how many missing people might be there.» and, furthermore, he asked “to wait until the work progresses to evacuate the water”.
UME staff carry out water and sludge drainage works in the Bonaire shopping center, located in the municipality of Aldaia (Valencia) pic.twitter.com/dGv6QiE6wB
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Volunteers from the Valencian capital
In collaboration with the emergency services, young people from the Valencian capital They went on foot to the affected areaswhile other people who owned agricultural machinery also chose to take these heavy vehicles to eliminate the large amount of material and destruction caused by DANA in the streets and in the houses of Valencians.
Even though this situation already occurred on Thursday afternoon and evening, It is now that there has been a greater influx of neighbors willing to help. Despite this, the Government of the Valencian Generalitat has requested, “with deep gratitude“, that citizens do not come to help the disaster areas. “Access roads are collapsing and emergency services cannot access them», They say from the official profile of the Valencian government on the social network X, formerly Twitter. “Thank you for your understanding and solidarity,” they conclude.
