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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Chief: Indiana plastics fire reduced to a single hot spot

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Fire crews working to fully extinguish an Indiana plastics fire have reduced its smoldering areas to a single hot spot, a fire chief said Saturday as officials prepared to decide if a dayslong evacuation order should be lifted.

Richmond Fire Chief Tim Brown said crews will remain at the 14-acre (5-hectare) former factory site through the weekend, watching the sole hot spot remaining from the fire, which was declared under control Thursday night when the last flames were extinguished.

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