Evacuation order lifted in area around Indiana plastic fire

Evacuation and shelter-in-place orders have been lifted in the area surrounding a plastics fire that broke out last week in Richmond, Indiana, local authorities announced Sunday. The orders were lifted at 4 p.m. local time, the Wayne County Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.

"This decision was made in collaboration with multiple federal, state, and local officials and based upon guidance from the Wayne County Health Department using test results and air monitoring data provided to us by the US EPA for analysis," the agency added.

The city said on its website that "businesses and schools in the evacuation zone are able to resume operation."