The company Suna 2000owner of the Arona recycling and composting plant that suffers a fire since noon yesterday Thursday, admits that has suffered losses of more than 10 million euros as a result of event. And also, one of those responsible does not rule out that the origin of the fire was intentional.
He CEO of the signature, Roman Rodriguez Feblesassured that they have been burned about 40 machines, which are valued at about five million euros.
And to this he added that the material that could have disappeared under the flames could amount to another eight million euros.
Rodríguez Febles denies that the fire started in his compost factory and as a result of any of his staff’s work. He points out that the flames started at 2:05 p.m., at a time when no one was working in his compound. He clarified that between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., his workers are on a lunch break.
According to data provided by this businessman, The fire did not start in its facilities, but at a point where illegal waste is placed of Highway Conservation Tenerife Councilwhich is attached to your property.
He clarified that at the time the flames started there was wind in the direction of the summit and that is why the flames reached his compost factory.
In the words of Román Rodríguez Febles, the event “is a catastrophe and a ruin for my family”. The person in charge of Suna 2000 clarifies that the recycling and composting plant that burns in the area between Parque La Reina and Oroteanda “it is the largest in Spain” of its characteristics.
In addition, it states that it was the first of its characteristics that opened in Tenerife about 30 years ago. According to the businessman, the facility has “all the permits”, both from the State Government, the autonomous Executive and the Tenerife Cabildo.
Notes that receives an important part of the plant waste generated in Tenerife, “including those of some administration”, and had the capacity to supply compost to the entire Archipelago.
In addition, it points out that all the firewalls in its infrastructure were as established by regulations for these plants.
The desperation of Román Rodríguez Febles and some of his employees was such last Thursday afternoon that agents from the Arona Local Police had to evict them almost by force, since they were convinced that they could save some of the machines.
According to some of the people who were in the area, municipal agents had serious problems identifying some employees and the person in charge of Suna 2000.
And in fact, The eviction occurred when the flames were a short distance from a backhoe machine with which Rodríguez Febles intended to open access to take other machines to a safe place.
Although local police and firefighters from the Consortium tried to evict them from the danger zone, two of those people insisted that they had to remove machines and trucks, “because they were worth a lot of money.”
Supposedly, the police officers were harassed and threatened by two other people who were with the person in charge of the composting plant.
And there was a moment when the councilor of Suna 2000, because he did not agree to identify himself and even slapped and hit one of the agents in the chest, they had to subdue him among several officials and put him in shackles.
The wife of said businessman and his 61-year-old father were also there, who suffered a health problem during the fire, which is why he had to be transferred to Hospiten Sur, in Playa de las Américas.
Lower the intensity of the fire
The counselor of Natural Environment of the Cabildo of TenerifeBlanca Pérez, assured at noon this Friday that “the intensity of the fire has decreased considerably.”
Pérez pointed out that the intention of the extinguishing means was to prepare the ground to intervene inside the recycling and composting plant with heavy machinery.
To achieve this objective, a helicopter from the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) and another from the Environment of the Cabildo de Tenerife carried out various water discharges in the selected area.
With heavy machinery, it is planned to remove accumulated material to the outside of the plant and thus facilitate the creation of more comfortable work areas for the Tenerife Consortium firefighters.
Blanca Pérez admitted that “it is a tedious job.” Part of the burned area in the enclosure is expected to go out on its own as the hours go by and another part will have to be put out with the intervention of firefighters and aerial means.
“The objective is to accelerate the process,” said Blanca Pérez. The counselor recalled that “the emergency is at level zero”; That is to say, the competence remains with the Arona City Council, although from the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo of Tenerife provide human and material resources to contribute to extinguishing the fire.
Agents of the Civil Guard assigned to the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) are collecting evidence to begin an investigation into the origin of the fire, according to the security body.
Professionals from the Armed Institute work in the fire area. Shortly after the fire started, they collaborated in the evacuation of the 180 dogs that were in two shelters a short distance from the recycling plant.
Patrols from the Traffic Group of the Civil Guard control the communication routes close to the scene of the event to maintain the security and fluidity of the operations of the extinction services.
In addition, agents from the Gedex-NRBQ unit measured the rates of chemical gas pollution, which until yesterday were negative, that is, they were not harmful to people who were in the area.
In addition, the Arona Local Police carries out a significant deployment of resources to control access to the site of operations and to collaborate with other intervening resources.
