The Generalitat states that the fire in Vilanova progresses “in an appropriate way”

Firefighters expect to extinguish the fire today

The Interior Councillor of the Generalitat, Núria Parlon, has reiterated this Saturday that the fire in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) that has caused a confinement until noon in five municipalities for a toxic smoke is stabilized, and has announced that it progresses "in a proper way". He has said this at a press conference in the Conselleria after a meeting of the technical committee of the Plaseqcat, when he has announced the end of the con…

The measure has affected 150,000 residents of Garraf and Baix Penedès. The confinement has lasted 7 hours.

"Close the doors and windows."

The air analysis rules out the presence of polluting particles in the environment due to the fire at the company in Vilanova i la Geltr�

Civil Protection has already lifted the lockdown in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Garraf), the town of Roquetes de Sant Pere de Ribes (Garraf), Cubelles (Garraf), Cunit (Baix Penedès) and Calafell (Baix Penedès) which had been imposed due to a fire in a chemical warehouse. In these first two municipalities, however, the recommendation remains that vulnerable people (elderly people, children or people with respiratory diseases) should not go outside yet.…