Toxic smoke from a fire at a massive plastic storage facility in Richmond, Ind., has forced an evacuation order for 2,000 residents. The town's mayor said the evacuation order is not expected to be lifted tonight.
Local firefighters “knew it wasn’t a matter of if, it was a matter of when, this was going to happen,” Brown said. The facility is about 175,000 square feet. It was “completely full” from “floor to ceiling and wall to wall,” Brown said.on social media.“It’s going to burn for a few days,” Steve Jones, the Indiana state fire marshal, who was speaking with Brown, said.Plumes of smoke could be seen from the firehouse before firefighters rushed to the scene, Brown said.
No one was hurt, according to Tammy Spears, an official at the Wayne County Emergency Management Agency. One firefighter twisted his ankle but has been released, she said.
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