The Zaragoza Fire Brigade, one of the first organizations to come to the aid of those affected by DANA in the Valencian Community, They returned home this Tuesday after days of hard work. During this period, they carried out more than 130 interventions, most of them related to the evacuation of water in garages and health care.
Tasks have “completely” changed in recent days, as explained by Carlos Coll, responsible for the fire intervention. During the first hours, the priority was the victims and, as the emergency evolved, work focused on the evacuation of vehicles and personal effects.
First of all, “It looked like a war zone.” “Everything was devastated. It was destruction everywhere. We’re used to seeing a lot of things, but this was on an enormous scale,” he added.
The organization worked in coordination with the firefighters of Valencia and Madrid. “We acted in the areas where they asked us. Continuously eliminating cars,” he said in Park 1 of Zaragoza. The staff were “really eager to help and work.” We felt useful. Tasks were given to us and we carried them out efficiently. We worked very hard, the team consisted of 10 people. We often had to invent solutions. There were cars on top of each other, motorcycles stuck, work with the neighborhood and the water… They weren’t very good situations, but they reacted very well,” he said. added.
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