Over 160,000 people living in five localities in the Spanish region Catalonia were warned by the authorities not to leave their homes due to a toxic chlorine cloud.
Chlorine toxic cloud in Catalonia Photo: The Tradesman/X
The toxic cloud was caused by a fire at an industrial warehouse. The fire broke out on Saturday at dawn in an industrial warehouse in which there were products for swimming pools in Vilanova I at Geltru.
“If you are in the affected area, do not leave your home or job”, He urged the civil protection in the northeastern region of Spain in a message posted on social networks.
The isolation order was finally high, reports Reuters.
The affected localities are located on the coast between Barcelona and Tarragona. For the time being, “no victims have been reported,” the firefighters said, who mobilized important means to extinguish the fire.
They announced that they have the fire under control, but that the cloud generated is now monitored “To follow the evolution and level of toxicity of it”.
“Chlorine takes a rare fire, but when it does, it is very difficult to neutralize”, Said Jorge Viñuus Alonso, the owner of the industrial warehouse.
