More than 160,000 people are confined to Spain because of a toxic chlorine cloud.
More than 160,000 people living in five municipalities in the Spanish region of Catalonia were called upon by the authorities not to leave their homes, due to a toxic cloud of chlorine caused by fire in an industrial deposit.
“If you are in the affected area, do not leave your home or your workplace“, asked on social networks civil protection in the northeast region. The affected municipalities are located on the coast, between Barcelona and Tarragona. For the moment”No injuries were reported“Said the firefighters on the social network X, who mobilized major means to extinguish the fire.
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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.
Saturday morning, the firefighters said they had controlled the fire, but worked on “Nuile monitoring generated by fire to follow its evolution and toxicity levels“. “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.
Toxic cloud Chlorine Confinement Spain
