Madrid tests its emergency services

June 21, 2007

A mock explosion drill tests the response capabilities of the emergency services in the Spanish capital. More than 400 emergency workers and 200 actors staged an emergency disaster drill in Madrid to test the city's response to terror attacks and disasters. The exercise involved a mock bomb attack at a shopping centre in the Spanish capital that if real, would have resulted in heavy casualties. The city's police, fire and health departments, as well as hospitals, took part in the drill.