Still-smoldering Indiana recycling plant fire spewing asbestos, other toxins more than a mile away

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April 14, 20238:03pm

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More than 2,000 residents evacuated after fire erupts at Indiana recycling plant

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The still-smoldering fire at an Indiana recycling plant that triggered a massive evacuation is spewing carcinogens more than a mile away, officials said Friday.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it found samples of “asbestos-containing” debris that was ejected about a mile-and-a-half from the Richmond recycling plant, where aninferno has been burning since Tuesday.

The evacuation order that forced 2,000 residents to flee their homes is still in effect as federal, state and local agencies develop plans to…

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