fire in Catalonia –
160,000 people are confined to Spain because of a toxic cloud
A toxic chlorine cloud caused by a fire requires residents of the coast located between Barcelona and Tarragona to stay at home. No one injured is to be deplored.
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Local police from the Spanish commune of Vilanova I La Geltrú, in the province of Barcelona, posted photos of the fire on the social network X.
Police Localle de Vilanova i la Geltrú (@PLVNG / X)
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More than 160,000 people living in five municipalities in the Spanish region of Catalonia The authorities were called to leave them from their homes, due to a toxic chlorine cloud caused by a fire in an industrial deposit.
“If you are in the affected area, do not leave your home or your workplace,” asked social networks civil protection in the northeast region on social networks.
The affected municipalities are located on the coast, between Barcelona and Tarragona.
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For the moment “no one injured has been reported,” said the firefighters on the social network X, who mobilized major means to extinguish thefire.
Fire in a swimming pool warehouse
He broke out at dawn on Saturday in an industrial warehouse that stores swimming pool products, in the municipality of Vilanova I La Geltru, which generated the toxic cloud of Chlorine, according to the firefighters.
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On Saturday morning, the firefighters said they had controlled the fire, but worked on “the surveillance of the cloud generated by the fire to follow its evolution and its toxicity levels”.
“The chlorine rarely ignites, but when it burns, it is very difficult to extinguish,” said the owner of the industrial deposit, Jorge Viñuales Alonso, on the radio.
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