SPANISH authorities have ordered 160,000 people near Barcelona not to venture outside after a factory fire released a toxic chlorine cloud into the air.
The blaze at a chemical storage plant in the beachfront town of Vilanova i la Geltru broke out around 2.30am this morning.
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Civil Protection officials quickly activated an alert to warn people about the problems it was causing and tell people to shut their windows and doors and stay inside.
In a ‘Chemical Alert’ message on X they said: “If you are in the affected area, don’t leave your house or your place or work.
“An alert will be sent to mobile phones to inform people about the lockdown.”
They went on to add: “Don’t travel to the affected areas.”
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