Toxic chlorine cloud near Barcelona confines more than 160,000 indoors

Fire at warehouse storing pool cleaning products sends cloud over wide area around Vilanova i la Geltru

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 Geltru, south of Barcelona, started at dawn on Saturday in a warehouse storing pool cleaning products, the regional fire service said.