Tens of thousands of people have been forced to stay indoors after a huge, poisonous orange cloud appeared over the Spanish town Igualada.
The cloud was caused by an accident at a chemical factory when two chemicals were accidentally mixed causing an explosion.
Six people were injured from the blast but only one has had to stay in hospital.
More than 60,000 people living in nearby towns were told to stay indoors with the windows shut.
As the cloud later blew away, authorities later lifted the order to stay indoors.
Scientists believe the cloud is bright orange because of the type of chemicals that were mixed in the accident.
Article written by Charlotte Cull
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OMG
Looks scary but also looks colorful and magical
Wow that is weird did the building stay on its bottom. And how long did it last
So sad to the people who live in Spain and to the six people that
were injured I hope their alright.
yo this looks SCARY but also awesome but poisonous! reow!
OMG thats cray cray 😮
That’s just scary.
wow
ok WHY WOULD YOU PUT A CHEMICAL FACTORY NEAR A FREAKING CITY it should have been remote like in a desert somewhere
i’m never going to spain and that was horibble
that’s terrbile
no that’s not bad, its orange
How did those chemicals mix together
say what!!!????
ops but awesome to watch
that’s scary
i like orange 😀
epic
Iam sorry for the people who are not allowed out
OMG how long was the cloud in the air for!!!!
That is interesting but very dangerous – you can’t let two chemicals ‘accidentally’ mix together can you?
i wonder what the two chemicals were :/ that is so sad
I wonder if that orange cloud will ever go away?
This article shows what could happen anywhere where there is a medical facility close to a city full of people its just another thing to deal with. Things like this probably happen all the time so why are we only hearing about it now! My thoughts go out to the people who got injured in the explosion and also to their families!!
Scary!
I love orange
omg that a cool colour of orange
WOW!!!
how do you know it was poisonous
just because there were 2 chemicals mixed together that
made an explosion doesn’t mean it is poisonous it could just
be orange because of the chemical that was created and it mixed with the smoke
and made a big bright orange cloud!!