People have been urged to evacuate if they live near a large industrial fire in Richmond, Indiana, near the Ohio border.
Published 19 mins agoA large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border sent massive clouds of black smoke into the sky and prompted authorities to urge people to evacuate Tuesday.
The fire, which was still burning Wednesday morning, occurred at a former factory site in Richmond, 70 miles east of Indianapolis, that lately had been used to store plastics and other materials for recycling or resale, Mayor Dave Snow said. Indiana State Fire Marshal Steve Jones said the fire can be expected to burn for days.
“They were under a city order to clean up and remediate that site,” Snow told The Associated Press. “We knew that was a fire hazard the way they were storing materials.” Snow described it as a “serious, large-scale fire" that apparently started in a tractor-trailer parked onsite and spread quickly. The cause was not immediately known.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.There were no reports of injuries. But hundreds of people living within a half-mile of the fire were told to leave. People outside that radius who live downwind of the fire were advised to keep windows closed and pets inside.
Richmond school were set to be closed Wednesday amid concerns of the toxic smoke, according to NBC affiliate WTHR.
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