Years ago, in what was the central park and flagship of the Barcelona fire department on Provença street, a guy sneaked up to the first floor and entered one of the rooms. When they woke him up in one of the beds, the man assured that he thought it was a hostel.
Like this anecdote, the firefighters with the most fires tell one or the other. The latest unauthorized raid on a municipal fire station has the particularity of having a video that has leaked and gone viral. It is about a young student from Finland who, to this day, still does not know how she got to the patio of the Montjuïc park and fell fast asleep inside one of the vehicles.
The events occurred last Saturday, coinciding with the change of shifts D and E, between seven and eight in the morning. In those two hours the entry and exit of the personnel of each shift takes place, overlapping the presence so that the service is not discovered. The Montjuïc fire station is on Paseo Josep Carner, at the foot of Montjuïc. The facility has the main access for vehicles and a door for people, without cameras, and controlled by a telephone operator who is also pending other functions. The back of the patio is connected by a small door that connects to a field where the firefighters park. Once they park, they access the park through that door, which remains open at that time.
Every day, the shift that comes on duty checks the vehicles. And the last to be inspected is usually the so-called maic, a van used to transport material. That car, with the keys in it, is in the central courtyard. When the firefighter in charge of the inspection approached, he discovered a young woman sleeping soundly in the passenger seat.
The firefighter immediately reported the finding to his sergeant, who woke the young woman up with a knuckle bang on the glass. The woman had closed inside. The performance was recorded precisely to guarantee it. Some health workers from the fire brigade carried out a first inspection of the young woman, who was fine, but did not have documentation or a phone or any personal belongings, and who assured in English that she was a student in Barcelona and that she did not remember how she had gotten to that car. firemen’s.
Those responsible for the shift alerted the Urban Guard, who approached and managed the return of the young woman to her home. The City Council Security Department has opened an internal investigation to determine how the young woman could sneak into the facility. Fire stations have never been armored bunkers, and in recent times access restrictions have multiplied. Except for the sleeping girl, who skipped them all.
