The Ministry of Defense reinforced this Friday afternoon the ddeployment to Valencia with 250 other soldiersthat will be added to the 500 that they have already arrived in the morning and to the 1,200 of the EMU who work from the beginning in different areas of the disaster, who already There will be 2,000 working at the end of the dayhas.
The 250 new soldiers who arrived this afternoon mainly belong to engineering units, in addition to the 1,200 from the UME and the Air, Land and Navy Forces already present in affected areas like Utiel. , Requena, Ribarroja, Torrent, Paiporta and Algemesí carries out, among other things, debris removal, rescue and distribution of supplies.
Them A new detention of 500 soldiers will be added from this Saturdayas announced by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, following the request made in this regard by the Valencian President, Carlos Mazón.
Previously, Defense Chief Margarita Oaksmade available to affected areas the 120,000 members of the Spanish army.