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and has forced thousands of people to evacuate. cnn is live on the ground. we also have this for you. louisville police releasing intense body cam video of officers confronting the mass shooter at the bank on monday. the police chief says their actions saved lives. we re going to bring you the video next take a look live. look at president biden, speaking now in northern ireland on a historic visit will take you there lives. but first we ll go to that massive fire in indiana. where about 2000 people are being forced from their homes right now. is this virus continuing to rage? cnn s omar jimenez is live on the ground in richmond, indiana. omar i know you just got there. i see that you re wearing a mask. what is it like? on the grill there. and what are you hearing from? officials? yeah caitlin, this huge plume of smoke as you were driving into richmond, indiana here coming off the highway for miles. you really couldn t miss it. at this point. we do know that has been bu ....
that is the message from ukraine s president. as a new war crimes investigation is launched. the incredibly disturbing video now being shared these stories and more on cnn news, central. happening now . the air over richmond, indiana , is being called toxic as a recycling plant. fire continues to smolder. officials say it could be days before the flames are completely out roughly 2000 people in order to evacuate their homes with the thick black smoke billowing schools in the area are closed and a shelter in place order is in effect. sarah spoke to the epa administrator just moments ago. our goal is to ensure that this community stays safe. and so we ve been on site since the beginning, and we re going to stay there until we can assure that this community is not seeing any threats from the air quality implications here. cnn s omar jimenez is live on the scene, omar, we can see you worry a mask. i heard you at a news conference a short time ago . what are they telling you ....
The public to honor the evacuation zone. it s for your safety that the evacuation zone is there. and if you can see the smoke, you re in the smoke. get out of the smoke. and as of now, the evacuation zone is about a half mile radius from these flames about 2000. people in this 35,000 person town have been affected by those orders it to be clear. one of the things that fire officials did say is that the fire the good news is contained at this point to the recycling plant itself, the fire itself not spreading into the neighborhoods, but omar clearly the smoke and the air quality issues are so just, you know, again, we see you there. i see the smoke behind you. what s it like to be there? yeah this point you know, there is a smell in the air you obviously you can t go far without seeing this in particular, and we were talking to a resident who lives in that evacuation zone, who ....
Still don t know, and officials are trying think they ll have a better clue once this dies down, but we did hear from the fire chief, that the owner of this building is someone that they had cited multiple times previously and that this behind behind me it s frustrating for the fire chief in news his words , we knew it wasn t a matter of if matter of when this was going to happen. so a lot of questions here, including air quality questions. you see how obviously how high this smoke is going and even though cars are still going back and forth these evacuation orders affecting about 2000 people far this 35,000 person town, but the air quality report is something that we are waiting on this morning. we were told, um, some on daybreak, and obviously it will help give some significant clues to how much of an issue this is going to be not just for. for this part of indiana. but obviously the surrounding areas as well. yes that s that s what the same size ....