Toxic orange cloud looms over Spain after chemical plant explosion

Officials ordered residents of five northeastern towns in Spain to stay indoors for some two hours Thursday after a chemical explosion at a warehouse spread a large, orange toxic cloud over the area.

A spokeswoman for Catalonia's regional firefighting department said the blast occurred when products being delivered to a warehouse in the city of Igualada became mixed, exploded and set a truck on fire. She said two people were slightly injured.

Núvol tòxic a Igualada! Explosió de químics http://ift.tt/1J0QBkF

— Rosa M Albareda (@albareda_rm) February 12, 2015

Firefighters said the chemicals were nitric acid and ferric chloride. Read more...

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