Burning tyre plant smoke keeps eight schools shut until June 1
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 @ 11:45 AM
SCHOOLS near the used tyre plant in Seseña (Toledo province) which was burning for four solid days will remain closed until at least June 1, according to Castilla-La Mancha’s regional education authorities.
Toxic smoke continues to billow out of the plant, where 90,000 tonnes, or around five million tyres went up in flames 11 days ago, and forecasts of strong winds mean it is still not considered safe for children to attend the eight schools in the area.
Classes were scrapped whilst the fire was burning, and the centres have only been open sporadically since then.
The last time pupils were at school in the Seseña area was on Thursday, May 19.
Although Thursday, May 26 and Tuesday, May 31 are bank holidays for the Corpus Christi and the regional festival respectively, by the time they reopen, kids will have missed eight days of scheduled class – assuming the shut-down does not continue beyond June 1.
Parts of the tyre plant, which was due to be shut down due to the risk of a fire causing poisonous smoke before this in fact happened, are still smouldering, but the few remaining flames are under control.
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