German Hamburg police announced that a fire broke out in a storage facility and the possibility of chemicals escalating with smoke.
The police – according to the Reuters news agency – to the evacuation of 140 people from a nearby area amid a cloud of smoke moving towards the city center.
Police in the German city of Hamburg also warned residents on Sunday of the possibility of toxic substances in the air after the fire.
The police spokesman said some 140 people had been evacuated but it was not immediately possible to say how serious the situation was.
A cloud of toxic smoke formed in the sky of Hamburg, and according to local media, a huge fire broke out in two warehouses, and residents of the region were warned of the dangers resulting from the fire and the resulting toxic gases saturated with chemicals.
And the German authorities called on citizens to take caution and caution, close windows and doors, and close ventilation and air conditioning devices, and the fire and smoke resulting from it were classified as “Extremely dangerous”.
