The Emergency Technician of the Generalitat to mobile phones to notify the population of the magnitude of the Dana – which on October 29 left 228 dead in the province of Valencia – says that the former council of Justice and Interior Salome Pradas indicated “that he will not send anything until she gave him the approval.” This is indicated by sources present in the declaration as a witness of this professional before the Court of Instruction number 3 of Catarroja (Valencia), which criminally investigates the flood.
The mass message to mobiles arrived at 8.11, when there were already S, missing and trapped in low floors and garages.
The technician has indicated that, on the day of the Dana, he joined the Generalitat Emergency Center at 2:30 p.m. and finished his day at 2.00. He has reported that, after landing at his job, he received the call from the mayors of Utiel and Requena, Ricardo Gabaldón and Rocío Cortés, respectively. “They told me that they could not take care of the situation with their resources,” he said.
