Portal de Cartagena
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At 11 this morning was activated in Alumbres Emergency Plan.
This was a drill.
A train derailed butane supposedly near the village, resulting in a leak.
After receiving notice of 112 units, Local Police and Fire moved to the area to assess the extent of the incident, no victims, and cordon off the area.
Moments later, the tower launched the emergency alert: three signals spaced one minute five seconds of silence, and Civil Protection vehicles over the loudspeaker warned the population to remain in their homes and continue on the radio evolution of the event.
About a hundred homes closest to the railway line were evacuated and taken its inhabitants to safer areas.
Local Police and Civil Guard cut off access to people from different roads, and firefighters were rushing to neutralize the crack in a tank by emanating butane.
With a curtain of water and the wind to the gas released was driven in the opposite direction to housing.
The work gave off 40 minutes after the emergency, ending at the time the simulation and allowing residents to return to their homes.
Both the Councillor for Citizen Security, Javier Herrero, as the general director Carlos Nieto, and the fire chief, Francisco Gomez, who have followed the evolution of simulation from a command post set up about 200 meters from the incident, expressed his satisfaction the results of the simulation and the importance of implementation, as it serves to gain experience in municipal services and the neighbors know the conduct to be adopted in these cases.
The simulation also served to test the warning system to media, who have been following your progress via SMS, email and the municipal website.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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