LLIBERWEB UPDATE ON FIRE IN JAVEA
Whilst writing this update we are confronted again with a big fire, this time in the Ramblars, where the green garden waste is. This whole area is now on fire.
Today we were allowed to drive to our distribution point. Driving to the urbanization's where the fire has burned its hungry path thru, is a movie which will stay on my eyes for ever. The houses are much more visible now the trees and plants are burned away. We met many people who thought had lost everything but now finding that their homes have survived the fire. A mixture of relief and devastation on many faces.
When we came to our distribution point we realized what amazing work the Fireman have done to save the homes of so many people, a few antennas on a mast were low on the priority list, as it should be.
We had prepared some units which we powered from our batteries, as the power in the area is still not active. But we could see many teams of Electrical and Water Company working hard to re-establish all the damaged infrastructure, and when the evening was advancing we could see that more and more lights started to come back on.
In the next days we will have interruptions in our service in the Javea area, but by this time next week we hope to be up and running again with our normal service.
What I have seen in the past days was a large group of professionals and volunteers working hard to keep the damage of this catastrophe to a minimum. And many heart-warming support between total strangers. A small light in a few dark days.
We will keep you updated on the progress of our repairs.
Kind regards, Harold Krol LLIBERWEB S.L. September 6th 2016 |