• Events. 350 people evacuated after being trapped in Navacerrada

  • Leisure.New Sunday of collapse on the Navacerrada highway

The situation repeats itself.

The Civil Guard has cut

the M-601 road

early this Monday

at its access to the Port of Navacerrada due to the large influx of people who have come to the mountains, after a chaotic weekend in which they had to evacuate 350 people.

The car parks of the

Port of Cotos and Navacerrada

have already been filled first thing in the morning, as reported by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).

This Monday, at 9.16 am, the DGT announced on social networks the

closure of the parking lots in the mountains

and, subsequently, the M-601 access road to the Port of Navacerrada was cut off at kilometer 12.5 in Cercedilla.

On Saturday and Sunday this road collapsed again due to the snow and

the avalanche of Madrilenians

to the Sierra de Madrid, a pattern that has been repeated throughout this Christmas, despite the recommendations of the health authorities.

Precisely, yesterday, the Firefighters of the Community of Madrid had to rescue a woman and her two children who

had been lost in the Navafría area

, in an intervention very complicated by the cold and wind, according to the 112 Community of Madrid in social networks.

To avoid this type of situation, the Madrid 112 Security and Emergencies Agency announced a series of measures, in force until January 10,

to avoid crowds

at the accesses to the Sierra de Madrid.

Among the measures contemplated, which has been carried out this Monday, is that the Civil Guard

will cut the roads

when the car parks are complete.

Bus delays

Last Saturday

350 people had to be evacuated

from the port of Navacerrada due to delays in the usual bus line back to Madrid due to snow, ice and the large influx of Madrilenians who came to the Madrid mountains.

Finally,

six buses managed to reach the area

to evacuate all the people, who had to provide thermal blankets and food, according to the Civil Guard.

In addition, in the port of Cotos, Emergencias 112 Comunidad de Madrid had to coordinate

the assistance of another 150 people

crowded waiting for the bus back to Madrid.

The Ministry of Transport announced that it works in coordination with Emergencies Madrid 112, Civil Guard and the General Directorate of Traffic and has reminded all Madrilenians of the importance

of following the recommendations

of these organizations before traveling to the mountains.

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