Concern and fear. That is what the grandson of a neighbor of the house that suffered two fires in Puerto del Carmen this weekend shows. And, according to this man, the owner of the burned property is an elderly woman who "is alone", who "is not in her right mind" and "no one is helping her".
"The neighbors went to Social Services, to the City Council, before the pandemic, since January, and nothing has been done," he denounces, stating that "for about a year" the woman "has been putting garbage inside" and creating conflicts with the neighbors" and "they have completely disregarded it."
"It is a focus of garbage, rats, and now these fires," adds this man, who explains that the neighbors have also tried to contact the woman's family without success. "She is German although she has been here for many years and her family supposedly lives there," he points out. Thus, he demands that Social Services intervene. "First for her, because she does not deserve to be living in those conditions, that one day something is going to happen and she is going to die suffocated, and then for the neighbors," he says.
In fact, both in the fire on Saturday and on Sunday, the owner of the burned house had to be rescued by the police and on both occasions she was evacuated to the Molina Orosa Hospital, the first for smoke inhalation and the second for an anxiety crisis.
"On Saturday, the Local Police had to open because she did not want to leave, and they took her away at seven but at ten she was in the house again," says the grandson of the neighbor of the burned house. "And now we don't know if she's coming back today or what," adds this man, who fears that a new fire will occur that will spread to his grandmother's house. "My grandmother has pergolas and windows all made of wood. How do I get her out if she can't walk?" he points out.
The firefighters themselves ended up sealing the property with flanges and barricade tape this Sunday. According to the Emergency Consortium, the house was already disabled since the first fire, despite which the woman returned after being discharged, generating a second fire shortly after.
