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DANA Flood Survivors Urge National Pact as Congress Hears Testimony on Emergency Failures

The victims’ association pursues a €58 million liability claim after detailing delayed coordination that left 112 unreachable.

Overview

  • Christian Lesaec, speaking for the Asociación Damnificados Dana Horta Sud, asked parties to back a cross‑party pact to coordinate reconstruction and future response.
  • Testimony outlined early‑morning distress calls on 29‑O while the regional emergency committee CECOPI was not convened until 15:21 and began operating around 17:00.
  • Lawmakers pressed why a level‑3 emergency was not declared and why National Police and Army resources arrived late.
  • Witnesses, including a firefighter and a former local police officer, described days with no visible security forces, reports of looting, and a 112 system they could not reach.
  • The association has filed a €58 million patrimonial claim against the Generalitat Valenciana and the Júcar river basin authority, and it criticized the earlier abolition of the regional emergency unit as a harmful cut.