The chief inspector of the department of Firefighters of the Valencia City Council, Enrique Chisbert, assured this Saturday that the protocol that are still in fires is that people stay in their homes while the troops extinguish the fire because it is “the best” if “the building’s sectorization conditions” work. “The opposite can be a disorderly evacuation that can cause, now and in the future, multiple victims in many fires,” she indicated.
This was reported to the media in an appearance at the site of the Campanar fire, where it was asked by evacuation of the affected in an accident, in which, according to official figures, ten people have died and hundreds of families have lost their homes and which left images such as a couple who had to be rescued with a firefighter ladder on a balcony when they were practically surrounded by the fire.
“What we always recommend is that they stay at home”
According to Chisbert, the protocol what they continue and “what we always recommend is that stay at home while we extinguish the fire.” That “if the building’s sectorization conditions work is the best,” he said, although he added that he cannot talk about these measures in the building because there is an investigation underway.
Asked if there was any other alternative for the victims instead of staying inside the homes, he insisted that the homes “are the safest place if the building guarantees sectorization conditions while we can extinguish the fire”.
In any case, he highlighted that firefighters have “protocols for everything, high-rise fires, normal or simple fires.” “And this one is exceptional, like there have been others in London or Madrid,” he noted.
Danger for firefighters
In this case, he has stressed that the firefighters what participated in the extinction tasks “they were risking even for above our possibilities during the entire intervention.” Asked about the statements of the Government delegate, Pilar Bernabé, who has indicated that these troops feared for their lives, Chisbert has admitted that he does not like to talk about this issue but has insisted: “They suffered the danger very close”.
The head of the Valencia firefighters has stressed that in this fire the behavior of the fuego “has been seen all over the world” and conclusions can be drawn from those images: “A fire that extended by all the envelope of the building at a very great speed,” he explained.
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2024-02-24 19:30:36
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