The Mayor of Totana, Juan José Canovas, will immediately propose to the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Environment of the Autonomous Community, to allow the production of vegetable fires to produce typical dishes in the area. La Santa on January 7, on the occasion of the pilgrimage of the Patron of Totana, Santa Eulalia de Mérida, to its sanctuary.
The first mayor is preparing a solution to the problem so that users can use vegetal fuel (firewood) in the different spaces of the place and thus avoid the discomfort generated between neighbors and pilgrims by the order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Environment Which prohibits the use of firewood in the preparation of meals, such as migas and paella, in areas of La Santa in the pilgrimage on January 7.
The Mayor's proposal proposes that firewood be authorized to use fire, keeping minimum standards to ensure the prevention of fire risks during the day and that everything is properly off when the day of pilgrimage ends.
In addition, this initiative that will be discussed shortly in a Local Citizen Security Board with extraordinary character, would try that each group of those who use the fire or fire also appoint a responsible to ensure compliance with the rules that, Exceptional form, would condition the use of fire with firewood and the strict compliance thereof.
In addition, on the part of the Municipal Services, Local Police and Civil Protection would have all the preventive resources to avoid the minimum risk of fire, being responsible the mayor before the Autonomous Community so that it continues the tradition of elaborating the typical and artisan meals On that day so marked in the local festive calendar.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana