An Indiana recycling plant that caught on fire Tuesday and prompted the evacuation of more than 2,000 people was cited in the past for being unsafe, said officials in Richmond, adding that some 1,000 are under evacuation orders.
Richmond Mayor Dave Snow told reporters that the owners of the plant “ignored” an order to “clean up this property,” noting that what was “operating here was a fire hazard.” The mayor said that the owner of the property and business was negligent and responsible for the damage, and he was adamant that the business owner would be held accountable.
An evacuation order affecting more than 1,000 people was expected to remain in place through Wednesday around a large industrial fire as crews worked through the night to douse piles of burning plastics, authorities said….