Efforts to contain a large industrial fire that broke out at a plastics recycling facility in Richmond, Indiana, earlier this week are said to be working, but the fire may have caused wider issues.
EPA on-scene coordinator Jason Sewell said at a press conference that officials collected two samples for"asbestos-containing material analysis." Those samples were from"bulk debris" that spewed within about a mile-and-a-half area from the fire site.
, according to the American Cancer Society. Among the potential cancers is one that is the"fairly rare" mesothelioma, the ACS said, which is"closely linked" to exposure.While most cases of the cancer stem from work exposure, people who live near factories and mines are also at greater risk. Sewell said the"worst thing" people can do if they find debris from the fire in their yard would be"to mow and break up that material."
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Richmond fire at Indiana recycling plant could burn for days after thousands asked to evacuate'There is a host of different chemicals that plastics give off when they're on fire, and it's concerning.'
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Richmond fire at Indiana recycling plant could burn for days after thousands asked to evacuate'There is a host of different chemicals that plastics give off when they're on fire, and it's concerning.'
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Richmond fire at Indiana recycling plant could burn for days after thousands asked to evacuate'There is a host of different chemicals that plastics give off when they're on fire, and it's concerning.'
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Richmond fire at Indiana recycling plant could burn for days after thousands asked to evacuate'There is a host of different chemicals that plastics give off when they're on fire, and it's concerning.'
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Richmond fire at Indiana recycling plant could burn for days after thousands asked to evacuate'There is a host of different chemicals that plastics give off when they're on fire, and it's concerning.'
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Residents near Indiana plastics fire report snowlike debris falling and a taste of chemicals in the airSome debris from a giant fire at a plastics recycling plant in Indiana contains asbestos, officials say, as firefighters inch closer to fully dousing the blaze.
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