{"id":1765,"date":"2023-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/indiana-recycling-plant-fire-monitored-asbestos-expected-burn-several-more-days\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"indiana-recycling-plant-fire-monitored-asbestos-expected-burn-several-more-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/indiana-recycling-plant-fire-monitored-asbestos-expected-burn-several-more-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana recycling plant fire being monitored for asbestos, expected to burn for several more days"},"content":{"rendered":"

A massive fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon at a plastics recycling plant in eastern Indiana<\/a> is expected to burn for several more days, as officials monitor the air around the clock for “asbestos-containing materials” and other toxic debris, the EPA said Wednesday. <\/p>\n

About 2,000 people who live within a 0.5-mile radius of the scene remained under evacuation orders Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n

Residents of Richmond, Indiana, who live outside the evacuation zone are advised to take safety measures, including closing windows, turning-off air conditioning, and keeping pets inside. <\/p>\n

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This photo provided by Julie Roe shows smoke rising from a former factory site in Richmond, Ind., Tuesday, April 11, 2023.\u00a0<\/span> (Julie Roe via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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An evacuation order affecting more than roughly 2,000 people was expected to remain in place through Wednesday, April 12, around the large industrial fire in Richmond, near the Ohio border.<\/span> (Julie Roe via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/fieldset>\n<\/ul>\n
The fire broke out at two warehouses that contain large amounts of plastic recyclables for reselling. <\/p>\n
Fire Chief Tim Brown said Wednesday that the plant had previously been issued a citation<\/a> on the basis of “unsafe building and unsafe grounds,” due to floor to ceiling plastics that were inside the buildings. <\/p>\n
Officials from the EPA are conducting “24-hour air monitoring<\/a>” to check for asbestos and other toxic debris, though sample results aren’t expected back for the next days or weeks. <\/p>\n
“Asbestos-containing materials may be present due to the age of the building,” the EPA said Wednesday. <\/p>\n
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Workers knock down a section of site of an industrial fire the area as smoke billows from the site in Richmond, Ind., Wednesday, April 12, 2023.\u00a0<\/span> (AP Photo\/Michael Conroy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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The cause of the fire is unclear. The Indiana State Fire Marshal\u2019s Office said that it will be “days” before investigators can approach the scene. <\/p>\n
The scenes of black smoke billowing over neighborhoods were eerily similar to a train derailment earlier this year<\/a> in East Palestine, Ohio, when several rail cars carrying hazardous materials went off the tracks. <\/p>\n
Residents there were evacuated ahead of a controlled burn by officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A massive fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon at a plastics recycling plant in eastern Indiana is expected to burn for several more days, as officials monitor the air around the clock for “asbestos-containing materials” and other toxic debris, the EPA said Wednesday. About 2,000 people who live within a 0.5-mile radius of the scene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[86],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}