The heavy rains have dragged a huge amount of remains to one of its shellfish banksThe shellfish workers of this confraternity from A Coruña have been manually collecting all the ash for daysThey assure that in some areas half-meter layers have accumulated and that could drown the shellfishThe heavy rains of the last days have dragged the remains of the great fire that the area suffered this summer to its main shellfish bank. And at some points, the layer is considerable. “There are almost half a meter,” Rosa Millán, one of the shellfish gatherers, assures NIUS. Aided by shovels and rakes, they remove all the ash they can manually. They do it on Os Raposiños beach. This sandbank has been dyed black after the ashes moved from the mountain to there through the Pedras River. “We were all praying that the rains would come less. We had the experience of a previous fire where the same thing happened,” she says. The situation is so serious that the City Council of A Pobra has given them heavy machinery to remove and pile up everything that has been accumulated. Something that they greatly appreciate the consistory. “This Monday the tractors worked until night. There was so much ash that some even got stuck,” says Rosa. 221102 shellfish women a poor 3niusdiario.esThey spent a terrifying Halloween removing mountains of ash from the sand. A threat at the gates of Christmas The concern is palpable among the around one hundred shellfish workers from the A Pobra do Caramiñal brotherhood. Because those ashes threaten the shellfish when the Christmas campaign is just around the corner. “If the layer of ashes is very large, there is a risk that the shellfish will drown,” explains Rosa. Precisely, to prevent that from happening, they have tried to act as quickly as possible. They have spent the entire bridge removing the ash to save the clams and cockles on the beach. If the shellfish dies, it would be ruin for them. “I think this time we saved it,” she says. Shellfish gatherers collecting the ash.CEDIDAHowever, they do not rule out that there may be more drags if it rains again. “It’s something that could happen and we all fear it will happen,” they say. To prevent the damage from being even greater, they have requested help from the Consellería do Mar to establish preventive measures. “This is an example of how those fires that some cause harm people, and a lot,” laments Rosa. They keep praying that if it rains, it won’t rain hard.