The psychosis over the power outage 'depletes' gas camping stoves and battery radios in Málaga

Manuel Quesada, an employee at Ferryhogar, a hardware store in Cerrado de Calderón, answers the phone at 4:30 PM: "This is the first breather, that's why I could answer your call." By breather, he refers to the first moment since the power outage where no one has come in to ask for a camping stove, a battery-powered radio, a flashlight, or an oil lamp. "We have nothing left. Since it became clear that this was getting worse, it has been non-stop, we've sold everything we had," he explains.

The panic from the power outage has 'exhausted' the devices somehow related to the concept of survival. Camping stoves, analog radios, and flashlights have been among the most requested products and it is confirmed that there are products that are proof against disasters of any kind.

The situation at the Ferryhogar hardware store is similar in other shops selling these kinds of products, as this newspaper was able to verify. Included in the range of these products are also candles and other items such as food or hygiene products.