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Nature. we do expect that some time -- i washi had wish i had a crystal ball, i don't, we expect some additional trailers to catch on fire. >> bob, with regard to firefighters getting close to that situation or able to put those fires out, what are the hazards? and are they the kinds of chemicals that really are better left to burn themselves out? >> these chemicals are absolutely better left to burn themselves out. from the start our plan was with the crosby fire department who has done a phenomenal job here was to establish a security or perimeter around this site and to -- rather than go in...

Firefighters or police officers in there close to them because with the heat from one trailer burning, it could set off another trailer. there are a series of explosions that took place yesterday and we don't want our public safety personnel close with that happens. >> that certainly makes good sense. bob royal, thank you so much for your time on this developing and breaking news story. best of luck, sir. >> thank you very much. >> hurricane harvey hey leave behind some hidden health problems. details after a short break.

We've got to get back to this fire. it continues to rage, just 25 miles outside of houston. bob royal, part of the assistant county fire marshal's office. thank you for joining us. what can be done about chemical fire of this magnitude that we continue to see? >> we had reports from our fire unit that we had a white smoke coming up from the plant and it quickly turned to black smoke. after that, we had heard about combustion of materials in the trailers. we had two trailers burned this afternoon. we are still in defensive posture. there's no one in there. unlike the first trailer that burned y...

Smoke from these peroxides is similar to standing over burning campfi campfire. we believe the smoke is a nontoxic irritant. the fire marshal's office plan from the beginning was to allow for the fire to burn itself out. firefighters are taking a defensive posture to prevent it from spreading. next we'll hear from assistant chief roy chief roil from the harris county fire mar charlottes office and then officials from arkema will provide a statement as well. >> thank you, sheriff. my name is bob royal, royall. the harris county hazmat team is part of my command. a statement i'd like to share wi...

Others that drove themselves to the hospital to be evaluated, at last check, 13 of the 15 deputies had been released by the hospital, and the other two were still being checked out. the harris county fire marshal's office i have told us that the exposure is similar to standing over a burning campfire, we believe that the smoke is a nontoxic irritant, the fire marshal's office plan from the beginning was to allow the a fire to burn itself out, firefighters are taking defense to prevent it from spreading, next we will hear from the harris county fire marshal's office, and officials will be provi...