Residents flee foam spewing from polluted river in Colombia

A motorcyclist takes photos with his cell phone of the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste as it is blown by the wind next to houses, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

Men talk in a street covered in polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

Men talk in a street where there is polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A woman looks at the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, at the entrance of her house, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A man removes the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste from the entrance of his house, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A woman flees from the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, at the entrance of her house, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

Residents and dogs sit along a street as foam rising from the Balsillas River wafts over the Los Puentes neighborhood in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A woman tries to avoid clouds of toxic foam rising from the Balsillas River in the Los Puentes neighborhood in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

Clouds of toxic foam rise from the Balsillas River in the Los Puentes neighborhood in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A woman walks next to the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A man takes photos with his cell phone of the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste that is blown by the wind next to houses, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

Pollutant foam generated by a river full of waste is blown by the wind next to houses, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A man stands next to some bicycles with polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.

A motorcyclist drives next to the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, in Mosquera, Colombia, April 27, 2022.