The young Adrián Guerra from Móstoles, after collecting food donated by residents of Móstoles, Getafe, and Alcorcón and loading his private car to the brim, managed to arrive last night in La Adrada, one of the towns most affected in the south of the province of Ávila by the fire. “It was a travel odyssey,” he recalls in a phone interview with La Vanguardia.
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Guerra explains that a journey that usually takes about an hour took him three. “I went down to Talavera de la Reina, went up to La Iglesuela de Tiétar, but the Civil Guard wouldn’t let me in because I had authorization to enter the province of Ávila, but not Toledo, and since they are different autonomous communities I had to go around the entire area affected by the fire until I managed to get in,” he recounts.
Once in the town, Guerra handed over to the forty residents who were at 11 p.m. in the town square the items he was carrying: “From bottled water, to fruit, including cookies, canned goods, napkins, or toilet paper, among other products.” “I also left them two mobile phone batteries,” he adds. He emphasizes that “people were very grateful that I brought them that kind of supplies.” And he continues: “They have set up a kind of warehouse so that the residents who remain inside the municipality can pick up the products they need.”
“They can sleep in their homes”
“The people of the municipality are still confined, but they are allowed to go sleep in their homes,” he says. He was tired. “I slept at my house. I was exhausted. You lie down, but you don’t rest. You can’t stop thinking about how the town has been left.”
In the Riñón square, where the multipurpose complex is located, the citizens of this small municipality gather to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but then those who can return to their homes to sleep. Little by little they will start cleaning them. “They have asked me to bring gluten-free food and diapers,” he argues. Said and done. After spending the night in La Adrada, this Wednesday morning, Guerra has returned to Móstoles to start his second trip, which he will make this very afternoon.
“Our house has not burned, although the garden was full of ashes. It’s the least that could have happened to us.”
To continue with his solidarity path, he acknowledges that “many people have sent me money via Bizum and I have bought sponge cakes, flour, pancakes for celiacs, and also diapers.” This afternoon he will load the car again and leave with his private vehicle towards La Adrada, full of products to make his second delivery.
