A new fire station is to be built next to the exit of the A-7 towards Orihuela-Benferri.
The location has a quick connection to high-capacity networks and the towns that border the highway, although it will be much further away from the Oriolano urban centre. Currently, the station is based in the San Antón neighbourhood, next to Palmeral.
Firefighting teams have been complaining for some time about the shortcomings of the current facilities located very close to flood zones.
During Dana 2019, they were almost cut off as a result of floods in the adjacent the mountain range, which turned the surrounding streets into scree. “The garage is also short of space so we have to do the daily checks of vehicles on the street,” said a spokesman.
However, the new location will slightly lengthen the park’s response times to accidents in the centre of Orihuela.
