A safety device is in place to monitor the fire. Another, for cleanup, ensures a return to normalcy.
The 'Nit de la Cremà' (Night of the Cremà) has brought the 2025 Fallas festival to a close. Fire and gunpowder have once again marked the farewell to the Valencian Community's quintessential festival, declared an Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, in Benidorm, one of the southernmost towns where they are held.
The mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez, the councilor for Fiestas, Mariló Cebreros, the councilor for Citizen Security, Jesús Carrobles, other members of the corporation and the regional deputy, José Ramón González de Zárate, accompanied the president of the Local Fallera Board, Mª Ángeles Espinosa, and the senior falleras, Teresa Peris (Els Tolls), Olaya García and Ariadna Orgilés (Rincón de Loix) and Laura Pascual and Adriana Baldó (Benidorm Centro) in the 'cream' of the major monuments.
The first fallas to be set alight are the children's fallas at Rincón de Loix, at 10:30 p.m., and half an hour later, the one in Benidorm Centro. Then, it's the turn of the older ones. The first to be set alight is the Falla del Rincón, at 11:30 p.m. At midnight, the Falla Benidorm Centro, and at 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, the Els Tolls commission, which this year won first prize for best monument and best critics.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the cardboard, wood, and expanded polystyrene sculptures, protected by the security measures prepared by the City Council, which included the participation of the Local Police, Civil Protection, and the Red Cross, who monitored the progress of the spectacle at all times.
After the show, and while the city slept, workers from the Department of Street Cleaning and the concessionaire removed the last remains of the monuments in just a few hours, and the Department of Mobility restored service to the streets closed in recent days for the festival. Benidorm bids farewell to the 2025 Fallas and will soon welcome the 2026 Fallas.