Relatives of victims of the fires in the Grenfell buildings, in 2017 in London, and the Torre dei Moro in Milan, in 2021, traveled to the city of Valencia this Monday to visit the families affected by the fire that last Thursday It devastated the building in the Campanar neighborhood in Valencia, in which ten people died.
Representatives of the Grenfell Next of Kin association, which brings together relatives of victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, and those affected by the Torre dei Moro fire, visited this afternoon the families rehoused in the 131-home building transferred by the Valencia City Council.
Kimia Zabihyan, member of the Grenfell Next of Kin association, has conveyed her affection and solidarity with the victims of the Valencia fire and has highlighted the response of the people and the Valencian administrations to the tragedy, which she regretted, they did not have in her country. .
Hamid Ali Jafari, son of one of the victims of the London fire, has also highlighted the response of the Spanish administrations to those of his country, as he has regretted that seven years after their tragedy they are still waiting for answers.
It has also called for awareness to be raised about the need to adopt measures in relation to the materials used in building cladding.
For his part, Mirko Berti, one of those affected by the fire at the Torre dei Moro in Milan, has asked the European Union to act and allow a single test on the materials of the coverings, as well as a law for prevention. of fires in these buildings.
“The battle we are fighting is to ensure that these tragedies do not occur again,” Berti said in statements to journalists.
The representatives of both associations contacted the Valencia City Council to convey their solidarity and support, and this afternoon they met with members of the council, according to municipal sources.
Meanwhile, this afternoon the first families who lost their home in the fire began to arrive at the building provided by the council for relocation.
As reported by the City Council, 10 families have stayed throughout Monday, with a total of 21 adults and 11 children.
In the building, the movement of workers who worked inside preparing the homes and transporters with food and belongings, donated by companies and individuals, continued throughout the afternoon.
These workers mingled with the families, while security guards monitored the main entrance, on whose door a sign was hung, painted by a girl, Sara, with the message “cheer up.”
The more than one hundred families affected by the fire will arrive starting this Monday and for an initial period of three months “fully extendable” to the 131 homes located in this property, as explained in the morning by the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá.
