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EPA takes blame for MIshawaka chemical fire
Updated: Tuesday, 18 Sep 2012, 8:25 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 18 Sep 2012, 8:23 AM EDT
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking the blame for a chemical fire that forced evacuations in a northern Indiana city.
The EPA's incident report on the fire says contractors it hired to clean up an abandoned factory in Mishawaka left two different chemicals, cyanide and sodium hydrosulfite, too close together. The report says the two chemicals likely self-combusted, causing the fire at the old Baycote building and releasing a chemical cloud.
WSBT-TV reports that the fire's official cause remains under investigation.
Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood says Friday night's fire at the former electroplating and metal finishing business "could have been much, much worse."
The fire prompted officials to evacuate residents within a one-mile radius of the plant, which is in the midst of an EPA-supervised cleanup.
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