After reducing the water level in the car park of the Bonaire shopping center (advertised as the largest in Europe), in the municipality of Aldaia at the gates of Valencia, there is hope that the announced tragedy can be reduced.
«No victims were found after inspecting 50 vehicles found in the parking lot of the Bonaire shopping center», in Aldaia, the municipality on the outskirts of Valencia overwhelmed by last Tuesday’s heavy floods. This was assured by the spokesperson of the national police, Ricardo Gutierrez, to reporters, when informing of the works carried out by the emergency teams of the firefighters, soldiers of the army emergency unit (Ume) since Friday to empty the underground surface of 2,000 square meters. 4 drones, kayaks and divers were employed.
On TVE the mayor of Aldaia, Gullermo Lujan, said about the possible number of missing people: «At the moment we have no official data. Our municipality has so far recorded 6 victims and there are many garages that are emptying, We don’t have certain numbers on the missing. But we continue to be cautious on estimates. We are worried, because Aldaia is a destroyed town, people have lost their homes, we have to clean everything up and start rebuilding”, he added.