That would apply if the government had sent any first responders.

The complaint and the problem is that they haven't. As of yesterday, they had sent 500 soldiers. And Valencia has one of the major HQs of the Spanish Army, with untold amounts of equipment that is intended exactly for situations like this: mobile bridges, heavy machinery, bulldozers, trucks, etc.

What's going on in Spain right now is the vilest blame game among the different political mafias imaginable. The lowest, most corrupt behavior imaginable.