Overview
- The technical-support engineer told the Catarroja judge he emailed the Generalitat and the Júcar River Authority at 20:41 warning of imminent overtopping at Buseo.
- He said he could not reach the dam due to flooding and a collapse, later meeting the dam’s director around 22:50, sending a second warning at 23:03, and calling the 112 control room at 23:36.
- Testimony described insufficient capacity at the century-old reservoir, three of four auxiliary drains obstructed, a non-operational emergency plan, and sensors that stopped sending data shortly after 22:00 when power was lost.
- The reservoir overtopped by about 2.5 meters, sending a flood wave down the Reatillo that hit Sot de Chera—where a father and son died—and continued through Vilamarxant, Bugarra and Pedralba.
- The judicial probe has two former regional officials under investigation, while a Les Corts commission heard experts blame missing channeling and flood-lamination works and the lack of an early-warning system, with one witness arguing the central government should have declared a national emergency.