Overview
- At 12:48 on October 29, Emergencies chief Inmaculada Piles instructed a technician to alert the Provincial Firefighters Consortium to monitor Torrent, Paiporta and Picanya.
- Forest firefighters were dispatched to ravines including the Poyo but the CoordCom system contains no record of who ordered or timed their withdrawal.
- A 18:43 email from the Hydrographic Confederation warning of rising waters in the Poyo ravine arrived when officials said it was too late to react.
- Technician Eduardo Ventura said a sudden overnight shift to a red-level forecast forced emergency planners to revise documents and scramble resources by midday under chaotic conditions.
- Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra’s inquiry has charged former minister Salomé Pradas and her deputy Emilio Argüeso with alleged failures in crisis management.