Holy headaches, Batman! Glasgow residents blame migraines, sore throats and coughs on 'toxic' fume effects used in filming new movie The Flash

Special effects used in filming the new Batman movie are being blamed for giving Merchant City residents migraines. 

The Flash has seen the centre of Glasgow turned into Gotham City.

But clouds of 'toxic' fumes have been blamed for leaving people, many of whom are working from home, coughing and with sore throats and bad headaches.

Thriller The Flash has seen the centre of Glasgow turned into Gotham City

A stunt man dressed as Batman rides a Batbike as they film scenes for 'The Flash' on St Vincent Street

One resident - speaking on condition of anonymity - said: 'The generators had black smoke coming out of them which gave us really strong migraines, coughs, sore throats and made us feel nauseous.

'Due to the heatwave we couldn't close our windows for a long period of time so it would essentially allow excessive gas to enter our flat as our windows face the street the generators were placed on.

'There were so many of them along our street.

'Even when they weren't on there were always trucks coming and going and bringing in a lot of pollution to the area.'

Chairman Dr Duncan MacLaren said: 'Both residents and the community council of Merchant City and Trongate are not against filming in the city centre.

'But, the council's film office and the film producers must remember that people live here and need freedom of access to their homes and to be able to open their windows on hot summer days without toxic fumes coming in through generators parked too near flats.

'The Community Council took residents' complaints to the officer in charge of filming in the Council and some generators were moved but not, in some cases, at a sufficient distance.

'We will be making a list of complaints to ensure that the filming office takes account of them when arranging for further films to be shot in Glasgow's historic centre.'

A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: 'A council officer - in the roads team who deals with filming issues - was indeed in touch with the community council on these issues and did all he could to meet the needs and concerns raised - centring on the generators - including asking that the production acted to address them.

Clouds of 'toxic' fumes have been blamed for leaving people, many of whom are working from home, coughing and with sore throats and bad headaches

'I understand that 'sound baffles' were placed around the generators - which are apparently amongst the quietest available - to reduce any noise further.

'The Glasgow Film Office acknowledged all emails from the resident in question and brought each one to the production's attention as her issue was solely with the production's activities.

'The Glasgow Film Office described to the resident what was being done to mitigate the situation, measures that were known to our Environmental Health team and presented no issue to them.

'Please note that other concerns by residents were addressed by the production in the same manner and seemed to resolve the situation.'

The Mail Online has contacted Glasgow Film Office for comment.