Fire of proportions at a warehouse with chemicals in Spain. 80,000 people advised to isolate themselves in houses
Nearly 80,000 people were advised to isolate themselves in homes, with closed doors and windows, after a fire in the day of Wednesday in a hangar with chemicals in an industrial area near Sevilla, in southern Spain.
The fire broke out on Wednesday. Photo capture video reuters, youtube
The emergency services received the alert to the local time 13.20 (11.20 GMT), when the inhabitants in the area reported a huge black cloud coming from a plant from the industrial area to Red in Alcala de Guadaira, a city with almost 77,000 people, located 15 km from Sevilla, AFP reports, quoted by Agerpres.
“It stays in the houses”
The emergency services ordered the preventive evacuation of the industrial area. At this stage, there are no injured, as far as they are known.
“It is recommended for the population in the area to close the doors and windows to avoid smoking, As well as avoiding to approach, and to stay in the houses ”the emergency services also stated.
It is the second incident of this type produced in the last days in Spain. On Saturday morning, around 150,000 people were isolated in Catalonia, in the northeast of the country, due to a toxic chlorine cloud, caused by a fire in an industrial warehouse where there were products for swimming pools.
We recall that 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, caused by a fire at an industrial warehouse.
We recall that, on Wednesday, the Spanish government announced that no indication that the current mega-Pana on April 28 was caused by a cyber attack.
