Hundreds forced from Indiana homes as plastics fire burns
(I have no idea why this story came up at Yahoo under Entertainment except maybe the ChaosGPT is causing havoc).
ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN
Wed, April 12, 2023 at 9:50 AM CDT·4 min read
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — 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.
Multiple fires that began burning Tuesday afternoon were still burning within about 14 acres of various types of plastics stored inside and outside buildings at a former factory site in Richmond, 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Indianapolis, Fire Chief Tim Brown said.
He said the fire was contained but not under control. Brown said his goal was to finish dousing flames by Saturday morning but “that’s a guess.”
"We are attempting to put the fire out. We are not letting it burn. Evidently there’s some misinformation out there that we’re letting it burn," he said.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 people who live within a half-mile (0.8 kilometer) of the plant were told to leave after the fire began, said David Hosick, spokesperson for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
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In 2020, a judge affirmed a cleanup order against Cornerstone Trading Group by Richmond's Unsafe Building Commission. Inspectors had found fire sprinklers missing and what they cited as “excessive plastic materials” considered to be a fire hazard.
It wasn't clear what, if any, work had been done since the 2020 court ruling. Messages seeking comment from the city were not immediately returned.
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Wow, what a shithole country the US has become. Poor Ohio, hazardous materials train derailment on the east and toxic plastic fires to the west. Glad I don't live there anymore.
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