Falla Ayuntamiento damaged

activi

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http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/03/10/sociedad/1141980031.html

translation with some help from worldlingo web

strangers threw tonight inflammable material that caused a fire and destroyed four figures of the main part of Falla Ayuntamiento, the most representative of the celebrations.

The event happened around the 03.00 hours of the dawn when young people, in a motorcycle, threw inflammable material, apparently a bottle with papers ignited in a kind of molotov cocktail and they left fleeing.

The falla was guarded by guards of security, who could not avoid the vandalism act.

Firemen of Valencia, that was warned of the fire 3.29 hours through a call to Emergencies 112, informed to elmundo.es that three of the four parts of the falla have been destroyed completely and the rest is partially burned.

NOTE:n ot well explained, 3 of the 4 figures of the central part were affected by the fire, rest of the fallas is ok

The destroyed figures represented the figure protagonist (a woman and her son) and an African woman. Other four pieces that were going to be taken to the place in the next days are out of danger in the factory.

The councilman of Celebrations of the Valencian City council and president of the Central Meeting Fallera, Felix Crespo, has indicated that the authors of the falla "see possible" to recover the pieces so that they are "most similar" to the original ones.

Crespo indicated that in the factory they have the images recorded in the computer, reason why they will transfer them to white cork and they will use "fast" paintings to try to recompose the monument before the night of the 15 of March, date of ' plantà'.

The priority of the City council will be to recover the figures of the mother and the boy, protagonists of the falla, whereas the piece of the African could appear more unfinished because result more damaged by the fire. Nevertheless, it recognized that the figures will not be able to have the original quality.
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IN MY OPINION: as soon as they catch these 'nice' youngsters they could be used as ninots and being burned with the hole falla
 

Kobajo

FPM Filmer
This is really sad news, I can't believe people are doing this only for fun, or is there another reason why this poeple did this. Anyway just as activi said it would be nice if they catch those guys and use them during the burning of the puppets.

Hope the guys can finish the replacements in time for the planta,which will be a very difficult task to achieve.
 

Tony

Administrator
Medewerker
I just saw the damage on TV. I dont understand this people. :'(
I hope they can fixed with the other items they have left.
 

activi

Website Filmer
Probably they can remake this parts damaged, but the quality will be lower
i hope the falla still looks great after this

for this boys who wants to see it burn: what about watching the falla burn alive the day 19.... at two meters from the flames and without protection?
 

USRRobiwan

Registered User
This is awful! Who in his sick mind would do such thing. Maybe some jealous competitors or builders? Who knows. I really hope they will catch them and Place them into a final of a mascleta!
 

Vavoom

Registered User
I just read the news on Fallas.com.
I've have always been afraid that this would happen someday, but always thought (or hoped) morons like this didn't live in Valencia.

Unfortunately, now I've been proven wrong. :-(
 
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