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A month after the tragedy caused by the eruption of the Fuego Volcano, yesterday the 586 elements of volunteer firefighters and relief teams from the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred) who attended the emergency.
In addition, they paid a posthumous tribute to Antonio Castillo, 40, and Juan Bajxac, 34, firefighters who disappeared during the Las Lajas area, a place that was devastated by the pbadage of the volcanic pyroclastic material .
According to the most recent data from the Conrad, the left-wing eruption 113 deaths, 332 missing and thousands of displaced.
Decoration
Events began in San Juan Alotenango, Sacatepéquez, where a decoration and a banner of volunteer firefighters were given to relatives of deceased rescuers. Also, the rest of the rescuers, members of the 14th. and 55a. Companies, received the award for the heroic act.
Williams de León, commander of the Volunteer Fire Department, badured that the heroic work of firefighters during the eruption should be recognized.
# EMERGENCIASCVB122 @BVoluntariosGT ] performs reconnaissance acts 586 volunteer firefighters who worked in the tragedy of the fire volcano and parents of two auxiliary firefighters pic.twitter.com/bqe9rToUPb [19659011] – Volunteer firefighters (@BVoluntariosGT) July 7 2018
"The institution can not let firefighters work, that is why this recognition has been coordinated," he said [19659005] Sergio Cabañas, Secretary General of Conrad, commented that the deaths of Castillo and Bajxac were not in vain "They should be proud because their relatives gave their lives for other people", a- he said, addressing families.
The Mayor of San Juan Alotenango, José Luis Marroquín, addressed a few words of relief to the families of the missing firefighters: Our words are not enough, but God can comfort their lives. "
After the speeches, the act was moved to the Las Lajas area, also called Ground Zero.
Attendees made pink sitting roses and roses in the honor of all those who lost their lives during the tragedy
Despite the fact that last June 17, Escuintla's Departmental Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Codred) permanently suspended the search and rescue tasks. San Miguel Los Lotes and El Rodeo communities, the volunteer firefighters continued the search of their partners Castillo and Bajxac, who disappeared after being struck by a n lahar
It was until July 2 that the body of The decision was made after an agreement with the families of the victims to "let them rest" wherever their bodies were left.
They do not lose hope
gr Volunteers and survivors still work in the disaster zone to save the remains of the deceased during the June 3 eruption.
With shovels, hoes and heavy machinery, paid with victims' own resources and donations, the group managed yesterday to locate the remains of a one man, one woman and two children
The corpses were taken to the morgue to be identified and handed over to the parents who claim them.
Up to now, 85 victims have been identified.
The relatives of the victims had five days from last Friday to search for their relatives, then the tasks would be suspended.
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