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Muscat Daily
10-05-2025
- General
- Muscat Daily
Spain: Curbs lifted after toxic smoke confined thousands
Madrid, Spain – An order was lifted on Saturday that had confined some 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine, the regional government said. 'The fire in Vilanova i la Geltrú is stabilised,' the Catalonian fire services posted on X. 'We maintain 24 units on site. The fire has not affected the adjacent warehouses and we continue to work on extinguishing the fire.' The blaze at a swimming pool cleaning products firm started at 2:20am local time (0020 GMT) in Vilanova i la Geltru, a town 48km (30 miles) south of Barcelona. Authorities had told people in the affected zone to stay home, before later lifting the sanction. 'If you are in the zone that is affected, do not leave your home or your place of work,' the Civil Protection service posted on X earlier on Saturday. 'No casualties' had been reported, the fire service said on social media, adding that it had deployed a large number of units in order to manage the situation. 'Toxic levels' The fire service said it was 'monitoring the blaze… for its toxic levels'. 'It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire but when it does so it is very hard to put it out,' warehouse owner Jorge Vinuales Alonso told the radio station Rac1. He added that the cause of the blaze might have been a lithium battery. Vilanova mayor Juan Luis Ruiz Lopez had earlier told the public broadcaster TVE that authorities would lift the emergency measure once the 'toxic cloud' started 'to dissipate'. DW
New Indian Express
10-05-2025
- Climate
- New Indian Express
Thousands confined indoors after fire at industrial warehouse release toxic chlorine cloud in Spain
MADRID: Spanish authorities told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors on Saturday after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area. The blaze, in the coastal city of Vilanova i la Geltru just south of Barcelona, started at dawn on Saturday in a warehouse storing pool cleaning products, the regional fire service said. "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. It advised people to keep doors and windows closed in the at-risk area, which stretched across five local districts along the coast, from Vilanova i la Geltru to the village of Calafell, near Tarragona. "No casualties" had been reported so far, the fire service said on X, adding that it had deployed a large number of units to bring the fire under control. It said it was "monitoring the column (of gas) caused by the blaze for changes and for its toxic levels". The authorities closed roads in the area and shut train stations to prevent people approaching the affected area. "It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire but when it does so it is very hard to put it out," warehouse owner Jorge Vinuales Alonso told local radio station Rac1. He said the cause of the fire might have been a lithium battery. Vilanova mayor Juan Luis Ruiz Lopez told public television TVE that authorities expected that, with the fire being put out, "this toxic cloud will start to dissipate and we can lift the measures currently imposed".
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Thousands confined indoors by toxic chlorine cloud in Spain
Spanish authorities told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors on Saturday after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area. The blaze, in the coastal city of Vilanova i la Geltru just south of Barcelona, started at dawn on Saturday in a warehouse storing pool cleaning products, the regional fire service said. "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. It advised people to keep doors and windows closed in the at-risk area, which stretched across five local districts along the coast, from Vilanova i la Geltru to the village of Calafell, near Tarragona. "No casualties" had been reported so far, the fire service said on X, adding that it had deployed a large number of units to bring the fire under control. It said it was "monitoring the column (of gas) caused by the blaze for changes and for its toxic levels". The authorities closed roads in the area and shut train stations to prevent people approaching the affected area. "It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire but when it does so it is very hard to put it out," warehouse owner Jorge Vinuales Alonso told local radio station Rac1. He said the cause of the fire might have been a lithium battery. Vilanova mayor Juan Luis Ruiz Lopez told public television TVE that authorities expected that, with the fire being put out, "this toxic cloud will start to dissipate and we can lift the measures currently imposed". du/pb/gil/rmb
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Thousands confined indoors by toxic chlorine cloud in Spain
Representative Inage MADRID: Spanish authorities told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors on Saturday after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area. The blaze, in the coastal city of Vilanova i la Geltru just south of Barcelona, started at dawn on Saturday in a warehouse storing pool cleaning products, the regional fire service said. "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. It advised people to keep doors and windows closed in the at-risk area, which stretched across five local districts along the coast, from Vilanova i la Geltru to the village of Calafell, near Tarragona. Operation Sindoor 'Pakistan army moving its troops in forward areas': Key takeaways from govt briefing 'Pak used drones, long-range weapons, jets to attack India's military sites' 'Attempted malicious misinformation campaign': Govt calls out Pakistan's propaganda "No casualties" had been reported so far, the fire service said on X, adding that it had deployed a large number of units to bring the fire under control. It said it was "monitoring the column (of gas) caused by the blaze for changes and for its toxic levels". The authorities closed roads in the area and shut train stations to prevent people approaching the affected area. "It is very difficult for chlorine to catch fire but when it does so it is very hard to put it out," warehouse owner Jorge Vinuales Alonso told local radio station Rac1. He said the cause of the fire might have been a lithium battery. Vilanova mayor Juan Luis Ruiz Lopez told public television TVE that authorities expected that, with the fire being put out, "this toxic cloud will start to dissipate and we can lift the measures currently imposed".
