CAMERA ARE THE OUTER BELTLINE
AS YOU CAN SEE.
THINGS ARE MOVING PRETTY
SMOOTHLY RIGHT NOW.
SMOKE AND ACID SPEW INTO
THE SKY AS A ZINC PLANT IN THE
WESTERN PART OF OUR STATE
CATCHES FIRE.
IT'S BEEN NEARLY 24 HOURS SINCE
IT STARTED AND FIREFIGHTERS SAY
THEY NOW HAVE IT MOSTLY
CONTAINED.
KIMBERLY BROWN IS IN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY WHERE CREWS
SPENT THE NIGHT AND MUCH OF
TODAY FIGHTING THE FIRE AND
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS.
THOSE WHO LIVE WITHIN A HALF
MILE RADIUS OF THE PLANT WERE
ASKED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
ABOUT 48 RESIDENTS WERE SENT TO
TWO EVACUATION SHELTERS JUST AS
A SAFETY PRECAUTION.
THE FLAMES FILLED THE NIGHT SKY
AND COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES
AROUND.
FIRE CREWS FROM THE SURROUNDING
AREA CAME OUT TO HELP OOZE THE
SUN CAME UP AND THE FIRE WAS
CONTAINED TO ONE AREA.
OUR DRONE GIVES US AN EYE IN
THE SKY.
THOSE WHO LIVE WITHIN A HALF
MILE RADIUS WERE EVACUATE.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS ARE VOLUNTEERS.
WHILE I'M RUNNING FROM THE FIRE
THEY'RE RUNNING TOWARDS THE
FIRE.
