Cartagena and Firefighters Local Police made ​​about 50 operations because of temporary or vient that hit the city during the weekend, according to the numerous warnings thrown registered by local troops.
The most tragic event occurred on the morning of Saturday January 19 when u n man of 49 years and another 67 died in the Beal after the fall of a wall three meters high in the garden of his home.
On the Saturday, the day on which the main actions undertaken, the term county was in Cartagena orange alert for heavy wind gusts that could reach 90 miles per hour. Moreover, on Sunday afternoon Outputs were also made to increase the number of wind speed.
The most frequent incidents falling tree branches, more than a dozen potentially invade the public road as in I Campano, Los Urrutias, Pedro Diaz street or in the urbanization of Castillitos.
Also, the release of tiles and stone facades, plastic blinds uninhabited houses, awnings or holding water spouts staged performances of municipal service.
Thus, the service station of the old road to Alicante had to be sealed before the danger of the roof panel desprendiese.
In Ocana Street, one of the ONCE kiosks required the assistance of the troops to be the threat of falling to the street after being displaced by the strong wind on Saturday morning.
Also numerous neon signs were removed as a pharmacy Sunday afternoon and a light at the Columbus Avenue Urrutias. Bohío As the fences of a work had to be secured with cable ties to the cypresses to prevent shifting and fall to the roadway.
And when it comes to electricity, some cables had to be restrained as in the case of cable Christmas lights in Plaza Juan XXIII.
Also had to be sealed on Saturday afternoon and throughout the weekend Municipal Football Field of the valley, where lighting turrets threatening fall.
Besides these interventions as the strong storm in the afternoon session on Sunday there were numerous fires in the Barrio del Peral requiring the presence of firefighters.
The first container burned up at around seven in the evening, for a total of four in the neighborhood of Cartagena.
In the early hours of today, there has been a fire in a car in the neighborhood of San Antón and a van on the street of Pedro Cartagena Jorquera.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena