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Post-disaster assessment of toxic cloud dispersion after an industrial accident in Catalonia/Spain (2016-06-27)

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Activation date: 2016-06-27

Event type: Other

Activation reason:

This activation concerns the monitoring of a toxic cloud in the hours following a chemical explosion on February 12th, 2015 in Igualada, in the province of Barcelona, Spain. The accident at Simar SA company (distribution and logistics of chemicals) was the result of an explosive chemical reaction, resulting from a mixture of Nitric acid with ferric sulfide and a third substance which has not been determined. The chemical reaction between these elements resulted in explosion and release of a toxic cloud. Civil Protection was forced to isolate 60,000 citizens of the Igualada and neighboring towns Òdena, Jorba, Vilanova del Camí, Santa Margarida and Sant Martí de Tous.Products requested were for overview (1:20,000) and detailed (1: 4,000) maps of:Reference mapLand Use/Land CoverToxic cloud concentrationToxic cloud total columnExposure of population & assets to the toxic cloud: derived from overlaying the spatiotemporal model maps with census & geospatial data.The toxic cloud maps were provided at 30 minute intervals from the time of the explosion until the complete dissipation of the toxic cloud (from 10:00 to 14:00). These were generated from the coupled FLEXPARTWRF model.

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): Post-disaster assessment of toxic cloud dispersion after an industrial accident in Catalonia/Spain (2016-06-27). [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.P0YSEHG PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b28c71c0-2657-43cf-a2fe-b33975742700

Keywords

CEMSCopernicusCopernicus Emergency Management ServiceCopernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping ActivationCopernicus EMSCopernicus ServiceEmergencyEmergency ManagementEMSN026ESPMappingOtherRisk and Recovery MappingSpain

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN026]: Post-disaster assessment of toxic cloud dispersion after an industrial accident in Catalonia/Spain (2016-06-27)
Esri File Geodatabase

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  • Maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant geodatabase (GDB) and complete final report as well.

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Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-data-support (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
unknown

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Language(s)
English

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Data theme(s)
Regions and cities

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Science and technology

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Issued date
2016-06-27
Created date
02 Mar 2026 17:07
Modified date
16 Aug 2021 06:51
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN026 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/b28c71c0-2657-43cf-a2fe-b33975742700
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