Days after a blaze at an eastern Indiana plastics recycling plant forced evacuation orders for hundreds, officials are slated to meet Saturday to discuss when it will be safe for them to return to their homes as the fire fizzles out
The massive fire – which began Tuesday at a recycling facility in Richmond, Indiana – was largely reduced to hotspots and flare-ups by Thursday. People within a half-mile of the plant – about 2,000 of Richmond’s 35,000 residents – have been under evacuation orders since the fire’s first night. On Saturday, officials are scheduled to review air and water samples, the results of which will help guide the duration of the evacuation order, Richmond Mayor Dave Snow said Friday.
Potentially harmful VOCs also were found in six air samples – the agency said, without saying where the samples were taken. Particulate matter also was found inside and outside the half-mile evacuation zone, as expected, the agency said. Additionally, one of two air samples taken a little more than a mile from the fire site detected chrysotile asbestos in debris, an EPA official said Thursday.
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