Spanish authorities informed greater than 160,000 individuals close to Barcelona to remain indoors on Saturday after a fireplace at an industrial property launched a poisonous cloud of chlorine over a large space.
The blaze, within the coastal metropolis of Vilanova i la Geltru simply south of Barcelona, took maintain of a constructing storing pool cleansing merchandise, the regional fireplace service mentioned.
“In case you are within the zone that’s affected don’t go away your own home or your place of job,” the Civil Safety service mentioned on social media.
The at-risk space stretched throughout 5 municipalities from Vilanova i la Geltru to the village of Calafell, close to Tarragona.
“No casualties” had been reported, the fireplace service mentioned on X, including that numerous models deployed to the scene had introduced the fireplace underneath management.
It mentioned it was “monitoring the column (of fuel) attributable to the blaze for modifications and for its poisonous ranges”.
“It is extremely tough for chlorine to catch fireplace however when it does so it is extremely onerous to place it out,” the proprietor of the commercial property, Jorge Vinuales Alonso, informed native radio station Rac1.
He mentioned the reason for the fireplace might need been a lithium battery.
