A former plastic recycling plant caught fire in Richmond, Indiana, creating a billowing plume of hazardous, black smoke and leading to the evacuation of at least 1500 residents. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa is on the ground reporting on the aftermath.
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I dont know the solution, but I really feel like its to blame (insert politician) and then do nothing 🤔
SABATOGE
AMYTIVILLE UPRISING.. U SHOULD ALL WATCH IT. HAS TO DO WITH STUFF LIKE THIS.
Outrageous
It’s so hard not to walk out my front door and just effin scream!!
I live in Richmond, and the fire was quite literally near my parent’s backyard!!! I’m so thankful they were able to evacuate safely with the pets. I hope when everything is safe again that nobody’s home got damaged or destroyed in the area.
Chinese and Russian sabotage groups are playing a dangerous game!
Step 1: don’t breathe anymore…. already cited? Lots and lots of lawsuits.
But… "self regulation."
Not the 20k head of dairy cows that blew up????true story
Kids when they hear schools closed: YAAAYYYYY!!!
I’d give you my opinion but I can’t seem to find my tinfoil hat right now
2:23 "So Maggie, how are officials advising people there to stay safe through this?" Well, let me take a guess… How about not even breathing! Because to be honest, that's your only choice!
REMEMBER VOTERS, THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH THE EPA, WHICH WILL MAKE ALL THESE TYPES OF DISASTERS MORE DANGEROUS AND MORE PREVALENT!
AND REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE TYPES OF DISASTERS TO GET AWAY WITH IT WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY!
the great reset continues as planned.
another phsy=op toxic fire
Did everybody just quit trying when it came to oil spills and hazardous materials you know trained rear elements and all that because it feels like everyone just quit trying it's ridiculous and whoever's responsible for this audit you thrown in jail.
It's hard to believe that this one year we've had so many incidents accidentally so we need to figure it out quick before something awful happens it's ridiculous.
I think you meant to say an "ominous column of cancer"
The city fined this business and ordered it cleaned up, it wasn't. So who pays now? The city won't take responsibility, the corporation that built this "recycling plant" left it this way abandoned! Arrest all the executives, COO, CFO, and CEO!!
I'm sure that smoke is filled with cancer causing toxins
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A plastic recycling plant???? Please stop!!!!
You're killing our planet!!!!
Remember blame the manufacturer, right? Dupont owns plastic. Lol
The FBI along with all police agencies should sit down, including the Army, the Pentagon, to try to prevent these daily sabotages across America! Only a fool will say that these are incidents! These are terrorist sabotages in the whole country! Trains jump off the tracks, factories burn, forests burn, worse than in the war in Ukraine!
That is the proper use of a dust mask.
Wonder if Buttigieg will take weeks to get there?
If plastics are burning, you can 100% be certain that cancer causing carcinogens are in the air. Coming from a 10yr firefighter.
So what we need is more deregulation right? isnt that what the right wingers claim all the time?
It’s probably Biden’s fault lol
Bet deregulations from the GOP had a good hand in this again. Again. Keep voting like we have Americans and these things will not even come close to being common.
What else can I say that hasn't been said already. We warned you all in red states about the possibility of events like this 30 years ago. This is what deregulation looks like. Enjoy.
So democratic have been in power for a good minute now and more pollution has happened on there watch. Blaming orange man can’t be still the go to thing. Double standard democratic
All of these accidents are made by China and Russia!!! 😂😂😂😂
The owner didn't 'ignore' the order, more than likely the fire was set! to clean it up. Insurance collections coming next. Welcome to 21st century where fraud in rampant.