Sánchez at the emergency coordination centre in Madrid
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez attended on Saturday the monitoring and coordination meeting with emergency representatives at the National Emergency Monitoring and Coordination Centre (CENEM) in Madrid, convened over the rail accident in Urda, in the province of Toledo. The meeting brought together the bodies and institutions most directly involved in handling the consequences of the tragedy, according to the account released by Moncloa.[S1][S2][S3][S4][S5][S6][S7][S8]
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska was among those present alongside the prime minister and the principal organisations engaged in managing the emergency. The government described the session as a review of how the deployed operation has been working and of the coordination between the different parts of the response.[S1]
Government pledge to victims and praise for the response
At the meeting, the head of the executive restated the commitment of the General State Administration to the victims, the injured and their relatives. The government also underlined what it described as extraordinary cooperation between administrations, the solidarity shown by the people of Castilla-La Mancha and the professionalism of public servants and emergency services.[S1]
