RICHMOND, Ind. — (RICHMOND, Ind.) -- More than 2,000 residents are under an evacuation order after a large fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at an Indiana recycling plant, officials said.
Any resident within a half-mile radius of the Wayne County plant has been ordered to evaluate due to the"large industrial fire," local officials said.
It is unclear how harmful the smoke is, officials said. No injuries or deaths have been reported amid the fire.Richmond Mayor Dave Snow called the incident a"worst-case scenario" in a phone interview with ABC News Tuesday, while expressing concern for the air quality in the town.The plant, located near the Indiana-Ohio border, processes recyclables, including plastics.
"There is an odor, a burning odor," Stevens said."What is more disheartening is the fact that I'm hearing explosions and pops this far away."
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