"I know this landfill well," says Jon Olaortua, from Elgeta's Egoarbitza farmhouse. The landfill of Verter Recycling at Zaldibar is very close to her house, and she has travelled with the truck as well. "I was 15 days before," he explained. Olaortua knows not only the landfill, but also the landfill workers, and is particularly concerned about the two workers trapped under the rubble and their families. "This is prolonged and I'm very concerned about families. There is danger. Of course it does. I was turning around on Sunday and everything is moving. And in such a big series! ".

As for what he is asking for, he is clear: "First of all, get those two workers out."

Smoke and smell near home

Along with her wife, Tere Descarga, closely follows the movement in the landfill. Depending on the direction of the wind, the smoke caused by the fire that turns on reaches the area of the house. At noon, for example, they had the smoke like a mist in the backyard of the house for a long time. "The smell also comes to us. The burned rubber is like the smell," explains Download.

They inform Goiena of their concern about the situation. "We're worried about fire and smoke. And we're worried that they haven't turned the fire off since day one." Olaortua now says that the fire is going inwards. "The days go by and inside there is a lot of material to burn. On Sunday, a helicopter took water from Aixola and threw it to the site where the fire was, but I think it was in vain. Specialists have come to study it, but this is going to be very long. They don't know where to take or where to take all the garbage, and there's a lot of material. I was going to strain a gallop. Almost 200 trucks a day, I would say. That's a lot of tons. Many uralites, plastics and gums, foundry powders... Of all. And another danger that I see is that it really rains. I'm not a technician, but the wall that's being built on the freeway also goes if you move what's stacked in the landfill," says Jon Olaortua.

Air quality measurements would be seen with good eyes in the Egoarbitza farmhouse. "The mayor has told us that what he wants is to put a meter around the house, and the truth is that we are the closest to us."

Great concern also in Eitzaga

From Egoarbitza the district of Eitzaga looks good, especially the houses closest to the landfill. And in Eitzaga are the really hard days. One of the families residing in Elgeta explained to Goiena that they have already held four meetings and that they have not yet obtained concrete data on the situation. In this sense, he pointed out that they have "a lot of suffering" and "a lot of lack of information". "We feel tremendous insecurity. The mother is at home and afraid. He called me crying on Thursday, telling me that the mountain was coming upon me. He thought the houses around them were buried. A week has passed and the mother does not want to leave the house. He's afraid if he comes out, they won't let him come back.

Neighbours call for measurements to be made in Eitzaga as well. - At least one! The localities of Eibar and Ermua are being held by the Euskotren League matches. And why not in Eitzaga? We want to know how water, air and land are. There are 30 neighbors in Eitzaga. There are few people, but where is there going to be more pollution than in Eitzaga? We feel we're not among the priorities."

Since Thursday, he says that there are great controls. "They tell us that all the parameters are normal, but there are ertzaines that don't let go of non-neighbors, and the reason is that there's a risk of contamination. How should we understand this? What we believe is that no serious measurements have been made."

It is also important to know if there is a danger of another detachment. "No one says it clearly. Can you stay at home or not? What if it rains? There's still a lot of tons at the top and everything's moved. In addition, they are contaminated land...

It also calls for health checks to be carried out on the area's neighbours and neighbours. "We've been told to go find our doctors, and the doctor doesn't know what tests need to be done," he added. This family member also considers the discovery of cadavers of two workers trapped in the landfill as a priority.

Monitoring of the Elgeta City Hall

"This landfill is very close to Elgeta and some cores still closer," said the mayor of Elgeta, IRAITZ Lazkano, in a statement. "The main concern we have at the moment is about the fire that has originated there and about the smoke that it can cause." Lazkano points out that it is important to convene the representatives of Elgeta to meetings with the representatives of the peoples of the area. "In the end, because the decisions taken in it also affect the citizenship of Elgeta," he added.

Yesterday morning the Basque Government met at Zaldibar a technical table coordinating and monitoring the progress. At a subsequent press conference, Environment Vice-Minister Elena Moreno said that, among other things, water and air quality studies have been intensified, which have also been carried out in two districts of Elgeta. "How is it possible not to contact Elgeta City Hall? Why is Elgeta not adjacent to the coordination table? ", said Lazkano on social media.

The City Hall is in contact with the neighbours of Egoetxeaga, and especially with those of Egoarbitza. He says the neighbors in the area know that the City Hall has been making measurements on Wednesday: But we don't know anything else.

The mayor has sent a message to the elgetarras to make them feel calm, but he has his concerns: "There are other authorities who say there is no danger. I do not know how far that is. He says the City Hall is going to try to follow up: "The means we have are the ones we have, but we will try to follow this issue as closely as possible and to inform the public."

Lazkano is particularly reminiscent of the two buried workers. I think that's the worst. That there are still two bodies trapped.