The fourth fire in just ten days, as residents of the area warn. This has been the number of incidents of this type recorded in the Malecón deterrent parking lot during these Christmas holidays and which have continued with a new fire this Monday. In this case, several calls alerted the emergency services to the event minutes before 5 p.m. The fire has affected, on this occasion, two vehicles parked at this location, as confirmed by municipal sources. Although at the moment no information has been provided on the causes of the fire, the repetition of the fires could suggest an arson origin.
Fire in the parking lot of the Malecón de Murcia.
Firefighters Murcia
This fire is added, therefore, to those recorded on December 29 and January 3 and 4. “That is left by the hand of God,” the president of the Association of Friends of the Malecón, Patrocinio López, told LA VERDAD, as supported by the Association for the Conservation of the Orchard of Murcia and its Heritage (Huermur) and the Huerta Viva Association. «The first three were recorded in the Palmeral area and this last one has already been in a corner, but caused or not by an arsonist, which is what it seems, these occur because the environment is full of foxes, full of reeds and weeds and, if the Murcia City Council does not act, as we are asking, we will go to the Prosecutor's Office,” said López.
It must be remembered that what is known as the Malecón deterrent is located on municipally owned land classified as a green zone, which is the destination that the surrounding residents insistently request for the plot, while describing its use as “illegal.” as a parking area. The City Council's plans, as indicated by Ballesta's candidacy during the last electoral campaign, involve the construction of an underground parking lot, locating the aforementioned green area on its surface.
One of the cars burned in the parking lot of the Malecón de Murcia.
Firefighters Murcia
This proposal has, however, the outright rejection of the Association of Friends of the Malecón, understanding that it is not compatible with the provisions of the urban planning, since “a true green area with trees cannot be installed over a parking lot.” . They also show their doubts that the Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS) “authorizes a project like this in a river witness area” and denied its incompatibility with the existence of a BIC environment in the area.
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