Toxic cloud keeps residents indoors

More than 65,000 residents of five north-eastern towns in Spain were ordered to stay indoors for two hours after a chemical explosion at a warehouse spread a large, orange toxic cloud over the area.

“This is not a game,” Spain’s emergency services tweeted. “Don’t put yourself in danger to take pictures of the cloud outside.”

The blast occurred when products being delivered to a warehouse in the city of Igualada became mixed, exploded and set a truck on fire, according to a spokeswoman for Catalonia’s regional fire service.