We have been next to the neighbors, protecting the most vulnerable people and mobilizing resources to deal with the emergency, ”said this … Friday from the Mieres government team (United Left). They referred to the gas explosion that affected several properties of the historic neighborhood of La Villa, on March 3, in which there were no fatalities, but 18 wounded. There are two months of the extraordinary event «and it is time to take stock and account; From the City Council we have mobilized 175,000 euros to deal with the necessary expenses ». They refer to those of demolitions, security and conditioning actions that had to be done in the area.
«We mobilize all the necessary machinery with the greatest possible urgency. Provisional accommodation expenses are also included for all families and affected people who could not return to their homes for several days in some cases and several weeks in others. The cost of the personnel that had to allocate throughout the emergency management is also included, ”said municipal sources.
“The City Council has done its job, now it is the time for insurance companies,” he said, since they have to meet their obligations with the neighbors, fulfilling the contracts they have signed and giving compensation and assuming the corresponding costs, expediting the procedures to the maximum. «It is also the moment of judicial investigation and knowing what happened on Monday, March 3. It is very important to know what happened to be able to adopt the necessary measures so that it does not happen again, reinforce everything that is necessary, ”he said from the government team, which also recalled that the management of emergency homes was expedited to the maximum.
Message of gratitude
“They were very hard days because you had to give quick answers to many problems, but we believe that a good job was done.” From the City Council, a message of thanks to the State Security Bodies, Local Police and Civil Protection, Firefighters and Samu – Emergency Medical Care System -, Sespa – Health Service of the Principality – and Transinsa (the ambulance company); “Also to municipal services and social entities, especially amicos (the social dining room), Cáritas and Red Cross and, of course, the citizenship of the council that, once again, demonstrated their solidarity, generosity and responsibility,” he stood out from the Mieres government team.
