Tuesday afternoon, this already dark day in the history of the Valencian Community and Spain, Rain surprised workers and customers at Bonaire shopping centerlocated on the Eastern Highway, within the limits of Valencia and belonging to the municipality of Aldaya.
As staff at this shopping complex told ABC, the approximately 2,000 workers are safe and on the day the flood caught them at work, they managed to get to the first floor and get to work. shelter, a survival instinct that many clients followed. who were there at that time, a small influx.
But what is most worrying is what can be in the underground parking lot in the centerwhich was completely flooded up to the roof, as shown in the photos that many citizens shared on social networks.
The EMU, the Military Emergency Unit, is there, emptying the water with pumps but still unable to access what is feared to be a terrible scenario of inert souls who may have tried to leave the complex and have failed.
For now, There is no data or forecast on what the military might encounter. once they have accessed it, even divers have not yet made incursions into the area.
The Bonaire shopping center has an area of 254,000 m² (135,000 gross leasable area) spread over three floors and is one of the most popular in the area, with a large dining and leisure area and giant stores such as Primark, Zara, H&M and Lefties. It is not in vain, this is the leisure and shopping complex the largest in the Valencian Community.
Its underground car park, where all eyes are now on waiting to be able to access and inspect the area, has 5,700 parking spaces.
It is hoped that on this day, due to bad weather, there was not a large influx, but it is impossible to determine whether or not the EMU will find people once they manage to enter its structure.
Given the size of the shopping center, its parking lot has different access points all around the complex, where are the military troops now with the pumps to evacuate the water and access a space of uncertainty that has been flooded for almost a week.