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The Air Quality Commission met on Monday June 25 in the Hall of Councilors of the Palace Hall to analyze the situation that occurred after the episode of pollution last Tuesday, June 12, in the Valley of Escombreras.

The Councilor for the Environment, Obdulia Gómez, stressed that during the meeting it was recognized that the City of Cartagena was the administration that responded more quickly to the demand of citizens;

and has stated that at the time of the incident there was a lack of coordination and defects in the information, which was not given at the appropriate time.

Gómez has stated that the company has acknowledged that it notified 112 later of what it owed because it was solving the problem;

and he added that in the future the protocols will be updated, which do not have all the information that should be offered.

He also explained that the 112 did not give the information in the right way, since there are people who use social networks, but there are others who do not, and added that there was an hour of delay in the information process, at which time that the problem in the installation had already been resolved.

Obdulia Gómez has indicated after the meeting that an agreement has been reached between the administrations and agents involved;

and that we have tried to know what exactly happened and have established means for the future.

Gomez has indicated that the information did not reach the City Council through the regulatory channels and that before the citizen alarm came Local Police, Cartagena Fire and Environment, who were informed by Repsol that the Internal Emergency Plan of the company had been activated and that They were able to solve the incident by themselves.

From the City Council, as reported by the councilor, were dedicated to verify what was happening from the town closest to the core of the accident, Alumbres.

Obdulia Gómez has finally indicated that there are emergency plans that are going to be updated because they are obsolete.

Also, the neighbors have indicated that the public address system and the cameras connected to the City Council do not work correctly.

The mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, attended the meeting;

as well as the mayor of Environment, Obdulia Gómez;

and the mayor of Seguridad Ciudadana, Francisco Aznar;

as well as representatives of the municipal groups like Diego Ortega, by the Popular Party;

Paco Calderón, for Movimiento Ciudadano;

Manuel Padín, for Citizens;

and Pilar Marcos, for Cartagena Yes You Can.

Also, the Cartagena Fire Chief, Francisco Gómez;

a representative of the Local Police;

the President of the Neighborhood Board of Alumbres, Miguel Garrido;

and a representative of the Association of Companies of the Valley of Escombreras.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena