An evacuation order affecting more than 1,000 people remained in place Wednesday night around a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border where crews worked to douse piles of burning plastics.
Workers knock down a section of site of an industrial fire the area as smoke billows from the site in Richmond, Ind., April 12, 2023.
The evacuation order remained in place Wednesday night. People outside the half-mile radius who live downwind of the fire were advised to keep windows closed and pets inside. State and federal regulators were at the scene to monitor air quality and other environmental impacts. The site, which has been used to store plastics and other materials for recycling or resale, has been the target of enforcement action in recent years.
“I didn’t sleep all night. I was nervous,” Wendy Snyder said. “I’ve never been displaced from my home.”
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