Evacuations due to fire Spanish bond graveyard

toledo - In a storehouse of used tires in Spain Friday broke out a big fire. Because of the smoke, the government of the province of Castilla-La Mancha ordered the evacuation of about 9,000 residents of the nearby town of Seseña. After a change in wind direction blew the toxic smoke in their direction.

Residents of other parts of the city is to continue strongly recommended indoors and keep windows and doors closed.

The smoke from the fire can be seen in the capital Madrid, about 30 kilometers away.

The band cemetery is the largest in Europe. According to Spanish media is more than 100 000 tonnes of used tires stored. The authorities suspect that the fire is lit at night. In the fight to firefighting aircraft from the army deployed.