Fire causes toxic chlorine cloud in Spain


Vilanova i la Geltrú (AFP) – Spanish authorities tell more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors after a fire at an industrial property has 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, took hold of a building storing pool cleaning products, the regional fire service say.

©AFP

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