The Xàbia Fiestas department has carried out, today, Thursday, a test of the new platform system that has been commissioned to shoot the fireworks display on September 8. The objective of the test was to check the stability and buoyancy of the system and detect at which points it must be reinforced. It must be remembered that due to a regional decree, which prevents launching fireworks less than 500 meters from an area classified as forest, from the Town hall and the Festival Committee have sought an alternative that complies with the regulations and can launch the traditional castle at the end of the festival.
The president of the Comissió Mare de Déu de Loreto explained that "As in the previous year, we will install water platforms in front of the La Grava beach, although this year, they have undergone a few modifications, with the aim of improving the firing of the fires ". In turn, the councilman Festival, Antonio MiragallIt has indicated that it is a system that was tested last year and this year,"We wanted to improve to give it more stability. Thus, one of the plates that was already used last year now adds two new plates with an aluminum base, all of them of 42 square meters and a greater height".
