Hundreds of calls alerted 112 of the overflow of the Poyo ravine: « Water goes out through the plugs » | Spain

« The house is flooding. » 16.41 hours on October 29, 2024. A neighbor of Chiva warns that water penetrates his home. This is confirmed by his call to the Emergency Telephone Service of the Generalitat 112. It is one of the first alert messages of the hundreds that those affected by the populations crossed by the Poyo ravine, epicenter of a good part of the 227 deaths of the Dana. The infrastructure was born in this Valencian population of 16,750 inhabitants, crosses the towns of Paiporta, Picanya or Catarroja and leads to L'Albufera of Valencia.

« Water comes out through the housing plugs, » a neighbor from Cheste at 4:55 p.m. warned of telephone operators. “House with between four and six people. The water is about to enter, ”another warned from Chiva at 16.44. « Four people trapped by the river flood. » “Baja villa. The water reaches the waist, ”citizens of the latter municipality agreed, where the thrombus discharged 35 liters between 17.45 and 17.50 hours the fateful day.

The almost 20,000 calls recorded 112 last October 29 confirm the dread that the tsunami of water, mud and reeds awakened, according to the report of this agency that the Generalitat has sent to the judge of Catarroja (Valencia) that criminally investigates the tragedy, Nuria Ruiz Tobarra. And they show that the Consell had numerous testimonies in the first person of the disaster from 16.41 hours. The Government of Carlos Mazón, of the PP, continued on Tuesday maintaining that the lack of information about this Rambla motivated that it was delayed to send the alert until 20.11 hours. It accuses government agencies of this circumstance: the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ) and the Spanish Meteorology Agency (Aemet).

The 112 record confirms the collapse of the telephone center. It's 16.59 hours in Cheste and a neighbor calls nervous. “The wall that protects the water has fallen. We can't leave home, ”he complains. In Chiva, another warns that the water is penetrating silently at home and there are several people trapped.

Three hours before the Generalitat sends the mass alert to mobile, the despair sequences shoot. « They have risen to a second height and the water does not cease, » they warn from Torrent at 17.12 hours. « The water enters through the roof, the ground, the drains, » they need from Chiva. “Woman alone trapped in a chalet. You can't leave, ”they communicate again from Torrent. “Flooded house. Several people on the roof ”, cries out another voice of anguish.

When the clock still does not mark at 5:30 p.m., a neighbor of Chiva sees how his house is flooded slowly. « Water goes out through the air conditioning ducts, » he laments. Two minutes before, another communication informs that there are two elders trapped in a building in this population where the Poyo ravine starts.

The afternoon progresses and floods unleash panic in the region of L'Horta, according to the call chain. The overflow of the ravine is unstoppable. « 92 -year -old woman is caught at her home with her caregiver, » says a neighbor of Massanassa. Two minutes later, another of this population where the flood left 12 dead, regrets that a 93 -year -old man is alone at home. His home has become a mousetrap.

Communications confirm the lethal trap in which Dana became for elders and people with little mobility. Almost half of the deceased were over 70 and most died before receiving the alert message on their generalitat mobile. “Two 78 -year -old people. They cannot leave home, ”said a neighbor of Paiporta at 7:35 p.m. “He calls a 97 -year -old man and a 95 woman in a wheelchair. They cannot leave, ”reiterates another from this population.

The horror sequences are increasing late in the afternoon in the populations most whipped by the overflow of the Poyo Barranco: Paiporta, where 45 people lost their lives, and Catarroja, where 25 died 25. “A man and a woman in shock Within a car, ”they warn from this last municipality. « It seems that a woman has died for drowning, » they report from the first. It's 19.42 hours. There are still 28 minutes left for the mass alert to mobiles from the Generalitat. More than 15,000 calls were recorded before this communication, According to the report sent to the judge investigating the Dana.