A total of 218 people lost their lives due to the devastation DANA which devastated part of the province of Valencia last Tuesday October 29. Hundreds of stories covered in mud and pain that will accompany Valencian society in the memory of the greatest tragedy in all its history. Many of these victims were found in homes and garagesbut also in other outdoor spaces such as ditches, ravines and beaches, according to the Data Integration Center (CID).
The technical body composed of a Forensic Office and an Office of the State Security Forces and Corps, with specialized agents of the Civil Guard and the National Police, dismantled on Sunday the places where were removed the bodies of the fatal victims. to floods in Valencia.
According to this data, More than half of the bodies were found insidemainly inside houses (65) and garages (32). According to the generic description of the findings, to which ABC had access, bodies were also found in other “interior” locations such as elevators (2), commercial basements, Civil Guard barracks (2 ), rural properties, a church, a sports center. , paper warehouse, basement and underground parking for supermarkets (3) and retirement home (10).
Concerning external areas, the uprisings occurred more in streets (21) and fields (24). Rescuers also found dead bodies in trees, rice fields, ditches -Albufera-, under and inside vehicles, gardens, industrial plots, beaches and terraces of houses. Furthermore, four of the victims died after being admitted to different hospitals. Of the 218 identifications of the deceased, 169 were made through fingerprint analysis and 45 by DNA.
At the same time, the CID has carried out a detailed analysis of the deaths recorded so far in this disaster. In the absence of the last two confirmed cases, its most significant conclusions are as follows: 131 are men and 85 are women104 of the deceased were aged 70 or over (15 were nonagenarians) and 26 of them were foreigners, of 11 different nationalities. In addition, the municipalities with the highest number of deaths are Paiporta (45), Catarroja (25), Valencia (16), Alfafar (15), Massanassa (11) and Benetússer, Torrent and Picanya (10). in each case).
The search for victims by DANA continues in Albufera and its area of influence, as well as at sea and in areas such as La Reva, in Riba-roja (Valencia), and the Poyo Ravine. According to the general director of Forest Fire Prevention, Rosa Tourís, the work of the troops intervening in the affected areas focuses on three areas: the search and location of possible victims; the operation to evacuate goods and sludge and the rehabilitation of infrastructure “to move towards an initial situation of normality, particularly among the most affected populations”.
