The residents evicted by the Aste Nagusia fire in Bilbao prove that there are traces of pyrotechnics on the roofs
The tenants assure that the fire originated after the end of the fireworks last Saturday and show the debris collected on the roofs
The neighborhood community asks to change the location of the Bilbao Big Week fireworks “to sleep peacefully” at parties
14 families are unable to return to their homes due to lack of electricity and gas
the 14 families of numbers 9 and 10 of Viuda de Epalza street in Bilbao have not been able to return home five days after the fire registered on Saturday night in Aste Nagusia in Bilbao after the fireworks. “The most affected is total loss, The roof has been burned, the house is open to the sky and the family will not be able to return home for months. The rest affected, to a greater or lesser extent, both for the water that was obtained to put out the fire like the one coming from the pipes that melted due to the heat. In some cases, they will not be able to return home for months either. During the fire, the pipes that carried the gas also melted, which it escapes that they fed the flames aggravating the situation”, they lament.
Pending the verdict of the experts, the neighbors assure that the fire occurs as soon as the fires end and that both on the roofs and in the surroundings of the buildings there are innumerable rubble collected. They have been gathered as evidence.
According to the community of owners, it is proven that as soon as the show was over the power went out and that one of them, who looked out into the street to check the lighting of other buildings, you saw “the glow of the flames on the roof“, he points out.
Criticism for lack of explanations
The neighbors have requested to have access to the report of the Fire Brigade and that of the architects of the town hall on the state of the buildings. what’s more, They ask the public for their collaboration. to gather information about what happened.” Eye testimonies and graphic evidence will be welcome to remove any doubt about the origin of the fire,” they insist.
“Bearing in mind that most of the buildings in our beloved Casco Viejo are made of wood, the neighbor’s quick call to 112, the effective intervention of the firefighters as well as the municipal police and Goddess Fortune have meant that we have not ended up lamenting personal misfortunes or major material damage to our Historical Heritage. We think it’s time to rethink the location of the Aste Nagusia fireworks of Bilbao so that in the future the residents of the Casco Viejo can sleep peacefully and enjoy it like the rest of our fellow citizens”, they request.