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Daily Mail
5 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Fiorentina training ground hit by massive fire at 2am with three children and an adult rushed to hospital
A huge fire erupted at Fiorentina's training ground on Saturday night which saw four people taken to hospital. Reports from Italy claim that the flames broke out in area that houses the rooms of the club's youngsters at Viola Park. The blaze is believed to have started around 2am with a decision quickly made to evacuate. The fire went on to rage throughout the night. with three boys and an accompanying adult taken for medical care due to their exposure to the fumes. The Florence fire command and the Pontassieve are said to have deployed 20 units which included ladder trucks, tankers and an air wagon. A Fiorentina statement on the incident said: 'During the night a fire, the causes of which are still unclear, broke out inside a room in the pavilion dedicated to the youth sector of the 'Rocco B. Commisso' Viola Park. Incendio al Viola Park nella notte: fiamme domate dai vigili del fuoco. Da chiarire le cause. #Fiorentina — Fiorentina Uno (@FiorentinaUno) June 1, 2025 . 'The alarm system, emergency procedures and the preparation of the staff present ensured the rapid evacuation of the structure. 'Some people were taken to hospital for checks and accompanied by our health workers, and have already been discharged in good condition. 'The area of the pavilion affected by the fire has, at the moment, been isolated and made safe.' The mayor of Bagno a Ripoli, Francesco Pignotti, said that the fire had caused a 'night of fear' but was thankful no one was seriously hurt while giving special praise to the response of the Fire Brigade. He said: 'The images of the flames at Viola Park are terrible. A night of fear that fortunately did not cause serious damage to people. 'The three boys and the adult taken to the hospital are under observation but are fine. 'We are in contact with Fiorentina and our entire community is close to them. 'Thanks to the firefighters and the staff who intervened promptly, avoiding the worst.'
BreakingNews.ie
10-05-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Fire at chemical plant in Spain keeps thousands indoors
A fire at a chemical factory in north-eastern Spain forced emergency services to issue health warnings to 150,000 local residents and stay-indoors orders for five nearby towns, authorities said on Saturday. Health services said that medics attended to four people who had reported breathing problems. Advertisement The fire broke out early on Saturday inside a warehouse at the plant near the town of Vilanova i la Geltru. The fire broke out in a chemical products company ((Kike Ricon/Europa Press/AP) The warehouse housed 70 tons of chlorine for use in swimming pools, firefighters said. The stay-indoors order stayed in effect for seven hours for the nearest municipalities in the area between Barcelona and Tarragona on the Mediterranean coast. Firefighters said that by later Saturday the fire was under control. Advertisement
The Independent
10-05-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Fire at chemical plant in northeastern Spain keeps thousands indoors
A fire at a chemical factory in northeastern Spain forced emergency services to issue health warnings to 150,000 local residents and stay-indoors orders for five nearby towns, authorities said Saturday. Health services said that medics attended to four people who had reported breathing problems. The fire broke out early on Saturday inside a warehouse at the plant near the town of Vilanova i la Geltrú. The warehouse housed 70 tons of chlorine for use in swimming pools, firefighters said. The stay-indoors order stayed in effect for seven hours for the nearest municipalities in the area between Barcelona and Tarragona on the Mediterranean coast. Firefighters said that by Saturday afternoon that the fire was under control.
The Guardian
10-05-2025
- Climate
- The Guardian
Toxic chlorine cloud near Barcelona confines more than 160,000 indoors
Spanish authorities have told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors 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 Geltrú, 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 Geltrú 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,' the warehouse owner Jorge Vinuales Alonso told local radio station Rac1. He said the fire may have been caused by a lithium battery. Sign up to Headlines Europe A digest of the morning's main headlines from the Europe edition emailed direct to you every week day after newsletter promotion The mayor of Vilanova, Juan Luis Ruiz López, told the public TV station TVE that now the fire had been extinguished the authorities expected 'this toxic cloud will start to dissipate and we can lift the measures currently imposed'.
Asharq Al-Awsat
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Toxic Cloud Forces 160,000 Spaniards to Stay Inside after Fire
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 kilometers (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.
