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Dubai Eye
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Dubai Eye
Restrictions lifted after 160,000 Spaniards confined due to toxic cloud
An order was lifted on Saturday to confine around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area, the regional government said. The blaze at a swimming pool cleaning products company started at 2:20 am (0020 GMT) in Vilanova i la Geltru, a town 48 km south of Barcelona and caused a huge plume of chlorine smoke over the area. Authorities had told people in the affected zone to stay at home, but hours later lifted the order. "If you are in the zone that is affected, do not leave your home or your place of work," the Civil Protection service had said on social media site X. No one has been hurt in the fire, Catalan emergency services said on Saturday, but residents in five towns were sent a message on their mobile phones telling them to remain inside. "It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire, but when it does so it is very hard to put it out," the owner of the industrial property, Jorge Vinuales Alonso, told local radio station Rac1. He said the cause of the fire might have been a lithium battery. Trains which were due to pass through the area were held up, roads were blocked and other events were cancelled. The fire was under control, Civil Protection spokesperson Joan Ramon Cabello told the TVE television channel.
India Today
10-05-2025
- Climate
- India Today
Toxic chlorine cloud after fire forces thousands to stay indoors in Spain
Around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region were warned to stay inside on Saturday after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area, emergency services blaze at a swimming pool cleaning products company started at 2.20 a.m. (0020 GMT) in Vilanova i la Geltru, a town 48 kilometres (30 miles) south of Barcelona and caused a huge plume of chlorine smoke over the you are in the zone that is affected do not leave your home or your place of work," the Civil Protection service said on social media site X. No one has been hurt in the fire, Catalan emergency services said on Saturday, but residents in five towns were sent a message on their mobile phones telling them to remain inside."It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire but when it does so it is very hard to put it out," the owner of the industrial property, Jorge Vinuales Alonso, told local radio station said the cause of the fire might have been a lithium which were due to pass through the area were held up, roads were blocked and other events were fire was under control, Civil Protection spokesperson Joan Ramon Cabello told the TVE television Watch
The Star
10-05-2025
- Climate
- The Star
Toxic cloud forces 160,000 Spaniards to stay inside after fire
MADRID (Reuters) -Around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region were warned to stay inside on Saturday after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area, emergency services said. The blaze at a swimming pool cleaning products company started at 2.20 a.m. (0020 GMT) in Vilanova i la Geltru, a town 48 kilometres (30 miles) south of Barcelona and caused a huge plume of chlorine smoke over the area. "If you are in the zone that is affected do not leave your home or your place of work," the Civil Protection service said on social media site X. No one has been hurt in the fire, Catalan emergency services said on Saturday, but residents in five towns were sent a message on their mobile phones telling them to remain inside. "It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire but when it does so it is very hard to put it out," the owner of the industrial property, Jorge Vinuales Alonso, told local radio station Rac1. He said the cause of the fire might have been a lithium battery. Trains which were due to pass through the area were held up, roads were blocked and other events were cancelled. The fire was under control, Civil Protection spokesperson Joan Ramon Cabello told the TVE television channel. (Reporting by Graham KeeleyEditing by Mark Potter)
Straits Times
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Straits Times
Toxic cloud forces 160,000 Spaniards to stay inside after fire
MADRID - Around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region were warned to stay inside on Saturday after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area, emergency services said. The blaze at a swimming pool cleaning products company started at 2.20 a.m. (0020 GMT) in Vilanova i la Geltru, a town 48 kilometres (30 miles) south of Barcelona and caused a huge plume of chlorine smoke over the area. "If you are in the zone that is affected do not leave your home or your place of work," the Civil Protection service said on social media site X. No one has been hurt in the fire, Catalan emergency services said on Saturday, but residents in five towns were sent a message on their mobile phones telling them to remain inside. "It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire but when it does so it is very hard to put it out," the owner of the industrial property, Jorge Vinuales Alonso, told local radio station Rac1. He said the cause of the fire might have been a lithium battery. Trains which were due to pass through the area were held up, roads were blocked and other events were cancelled. The fire was under control, Civil Protection spokesperson Joan Ramon Cabello told the TVE television channel. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
