The Provincial Fire Consortium has conducted 65 operations during the blackout, the majority of which involved the opening of lifts to rescue individuals who were confined. The Provincial Council reported on Tuesday, April 29th, that the operations also involved the transportation of individuals who required oxygen to hospitals and the provision of fuel to nursing homes and hospitals.

Yesterday, Toni Pérez, the President of the Alicante Provincial Council, commended the emergency services of the provincial institution and those of its dependent centres for their performance during the power outage. He also emphasised that the provincial services, particularly those of the Fire Brigade Consortium, were bolstered to address all emergency calls, as well as other responsibilities related to computer and social assistance.

“The Provincial Council has been coordinating the necessary actions to manage this unprecedented nationwide power outage and to ensure the emergency requests received, especially those related to the safety and well-being of the most vulnerable groups in our province,” explained the president. He also assured that, since the incident, various assistance and prevention services have been intensified and will continue to be so throughout the day to fully restore services.”

The president, who participated remotely in the CECOPI meeting that was urgently convened by the Valencian Agency for Security and Emergency Response yesterday afternoon, stated that the meeting “emphasised the importance of logistical support for the region’s health centres to ensure their normal operations.”

In addition, provincial emergency services were fortified with seven forest firefighting units last night to mitigate potential fire hazards in rural areas in the event of any issues with power lines.

According to the Provincial Council, approximately 110 professional firefighters are on standby for any additional circumstances that may arise this Tuesday.

Concurrently, the Institutional Support and Local Entities Unit, which supervises the Provincial Council’s IT and Telecommunications Service, was engaged in the restoration of IT support services to the province’s 141 municipalities from the early hours, working throughout the day until midnight and commencing at 7 a.m. yesterday. At present, the majority of online municipal applications are operational, and those that pertain to accounting and census are entirely operational.

The Provincial Council has reported that the Antonio Fernández Valenzuela Provincial Home and the Doctor Esquerdo Centre have not experienced any incidents, as they have their own generators that enable them to operate as usual throughout the day.

In contrast, Suma has disclosed that its 47 locations are outfitted with UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) systems to guarantee service continuity during power fluctuations and to provide backup power for brief periods. The availability of power in certain regional offices, payment payment systems, and access to bill payment management platforms were the primary incidents that affected customer service, resulting in an 80% return to normal.

This incident has enabled Suma to effectively activate established security protocols, thereby demonstrating the efficacy of the contingency systems and response capacity to unforeseen situations, as per the Provincial Council.

A 68-year-old woman was rescued by members of the Provincial Fire Consortium at the Albir Lighthouse in Alfaz del Pi (Alicante) on Saturday, April 26th. She was en route to the l’Alt del Governador de la Serra Gelada when she sustained a fracture of the Achilles tendon, rendering it impossible for her to recommence walking.

The rescue helicopter Alpha 01 and the special group of rescue (GER) were deployed to the scene after the notice was received at approximately 12:28 p.m., according to a statement from the Consortium.

The helicopter was activated to provide rescue services with the GER when the woman was unable to reach the ambulance due to the area’s orography.

The firefighters descended to their position after they were located, and the injured joint was splinted.

Subsequently, they deployed a hoist to elevate the woman to the helicopter, which transported her to San Vicente Park, where she was met by a Basic Life Support (BLS) unit. The intervention concluded at 1:35 p.m.

A new series expects the five men who last saw Kirsty Maxwell alive to provide answers in a podcast that investigates her mysterious death in Spain.

After a night out on a hen do in 2017, Kirsty, a newlywed, plummeted to her death from a balcony at a hotel in Benidorm.

Before her death, Kirsty, 27, of Livingston, inadvertently entered a 10th-floor flat that was occupied by five British men: Joseph Graham, Ricky Gammon, Anthony Holehouse, Callum Northridge and Daniel Bailey.

In July 2020, they were cleared of being homicide suspects after judges determined that there was no “strong evidence” of criminality and no indication that she had not fallen to her death.

Nevertheless, Kirsty’s mother and father, who are devastated, are adamant that she did not leap of her own volition. The case and an appeal for information are the focus of the six-part podcast, “What happened to Kirsty Maxwell.”

True Crime podcaster Naomi Channell, who narrates and produces the series, says, “I do not believe it was a tragic accident.” All the evidence suggests that she was fleeing from something.

“There are still numerous unanswered questions.”

“It is my sincere hope that this will exert pressure on the authorities and on those who were present in the flat but have never been adequately investigated.”

Naomi met Kirsty’s family at a UK Crimecon convention in 2023, where she was present with Sue Horan, the wife of Stuart Lubbock, who passed away under suspicious circumstances at the residence of television personality Michael Barrymore in 2001.

In her podcast, she recounts how upon Kirsty’s arrival at the apartments with her friends, “a shirtless man” approached them at the elevators and enquired, “Who wants to get f*** tonight?”

Kirsty returned to the apartments early in the morning after a night out, during which she consumed alcohol but did not have any narcotics in her system.

It is unclear why she awoke, proceeded to the 10th floor, and knocked on the door of room 10E. The room was shared by five men, including the shirtless man, who were all from the Nottingham area.

One of them informed the authorities. Before jumping over the Juliette balcony to her demise, Kirsty attempted to climb through a small window in the bathroom and then ran through the apartment window.

Naomi stated, “Kirsty died instantly after falling at 7.51 a.m.” One of the men reported to the police that he had observed her fall. This individual was the sleeveless man, and his name is Joseph Graham.

Adam, Kirsty’s spouse, received a call from the Spanish police informing him that she had passed away. He was compelled to inform her mother, Denise, of the tragic news. The couple had married only eight months prior.

Brian Curry, her father, expressed his disbelief, stating, “Even to this day, it is extremely difficult to accept.”

The podcast delves into the process by which Kirsty’s family travelled to Benidorm to initiate their own investigation three months after her death, as they encountered a “wall of silence” from the police.

Naomi, a podcaster from Essex, stated, “No parent should ever be required to investigate the death of their own child.”

“Brian requested 12 hours of footage that encompassed the period prior to and following Kirsty’s death; however, the police provided him with only seven minutes of edited footage.

Kirsty’s fall is not depicted in a traumatic three-second footage captured by a camera at the poolside, which captures her impact with the ground. Brian is of the opinion that the footage was edited by an individual.

“According to investigators, the remaining CCTV footage has disappeared.” The police were compelled to acknowledge that they had disposed of the garments the day following Kirsty’s death. Her attire would have served as indispensable evidence.

“They claimed that the reason was that the clothing was stained with blood.” They acknowledged that the only method of examination was visual.

David Swindle, the retired Strathclyde detective who established Victims Abroad, was astounded by the deficiencies of the investigation.

He stated that the Spanish Police failed to conduct thorough investigations into the evidence, including independent witnesses, and did not advance forensics or CCTV footage.

“These men were not separated and were not interviewed properly.” DNA issues were encountered, samples were not collected, and Kirsty’s clothing was incinerated.

“Throughout my tenure as an investigator, I was unable to comprehend it.” “If we had all of that, we would be better equipped to understand what transpired with Kirsty.”

The podcast, which will be available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon on April 29, commemorates the eight-year anniversary of Kirsty’s passing.