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>> when do you expect the others to burn? >> as long as they are kept cold, the integrity of that material can be kept. [ inaudible question ] >> correct. >> they degrade on their own? >> that's correct. once they exceed a certain temperature, they decompose and that generates the heat, which ultimately produces the fire. >> described as intense fire. can you talk about how they burn and a worse case scenario, if there is an explosion as we talked about earlier, how big are we talking about? what's the worst case? >> that i just would be all speculation in terms of how big a fire could be. wha...

One and a half mile evacuation zone. we believe, along with the local authorities we have moved everyone out of harms way and no one is in danger based on the fire we expect. >> access the plant right now with a boat? >> no. we are not intending to go into the site based on the current state. as we understand it. we don't think that's a safe thing to do. >> when will you be able to go in? >> certainly we won't until all the floodwater has receded. that's the first step. then, certainly the product we believe is potentially decomposing, we are not going to put anyone in harm's way to try to res...

Evacuated a long time ago. >> paul, as close as you can get to the arkema plant. again, we have been listening to this long news conference. they have been expecting more incidents. this will be an ongoing issue. we could hear and see more fire and smoke from that plant in the coming hours. we'll keep a close eye on it. we want to go to drew griffin. they are dealing with a different kind of problem. utilities, resources as the floodwaters rise. >> reporter: yeah. there's already a lineup for water, bottled water at many stores in beaumont. overnight, the main pumping station that go sboos tes...

>> this morning, as expected for all of the research that was done by myself and others, we found out that we had one of the box vans that there was a chemical decomposition, chemical reaction that resulted in a fire location. there were a number of small containers inside the box van that did rupture. we heard popping noise coming from that area. then gray smoke and followed by a fire. >> the neighbor we talked to off camera says he called in some of his neighbors stayed behind and heard the popping noises. he told us ominously he thought once people were told to evacuate the area, they saw s...

It's not 100% certain what the conditions are in the containers. we're not going to put anybody in harm's way. we just don't know. >> you don't have any idea of how long the fire will continue? >> we do not, no. we anticipate that certainly we've had the first incident we don't know the answer to that. >> these thingses are toxic or you're not sure? >> they're noctxious for sure. >> you can't say that the particles themselves are n nontoxic? >> hold on. answer the question. nontoxic or can you not say that? >> it's noxious. >> you're not able to say that any of this is nontoxic, correct? i wan...