Fire at New Mexico recycling plant prompts health alert for hazardous smoke

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Fire at New Mexico recycling plant prompts health alert for hazardous smoke
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City officials in Albuquerque issued a health alert Sunday after smoke from a plastic recycling plant fire was reported to contain hazardous pollutants. The fire will not be easily extinguished with water and could burn for days, a fire official said.

, and quickly spread, requiring more firefighter units and hazardous material vehicles.

City officials in Albuquerque, N.M., issued a health alert Aug. 6 after smoke from a plastic recycling plant fire was reported to contain hazardous pollutants. The plastic involved in the fire “burns very hot, very quickly” and is not easily extinguished with water, Bernalillo County Fire Department Lt. Robert ArguellesFire officials also requested help and additional resources from Kirtland Air Force Base and local contractors.residents to avoid the area, keep windows and doors closed, and turn off swamp coolers, otherwise known as evaporative coolers, that cool the air by adding water to it.

City officials in Albuquerque, N.M., issued a health alert Aug. 6 after smoke from a plastic recycling plant fire was reported to contain hazardous pollutants. wind conditions have pushed the hazardous smoke toward less populated areas of South Valley and parts of western Albuquerque.

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