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I spoke to a resident nearby in the area who says the clouds, the sky is just very hazy. the plant officials say they created a 1.5-mile radius evacuation zone and are saying the public is not in danger. whether or not the public believes them, that's an outstanding question. the problem also, john is that there's a potential for this to happen even more later. nine vessels are still at risk. eight aren't being cooled. no surprise if another incident later today. >> nick valencia. thank you. injuries here? >> reporter: 15 deputies hospitalized. we understand released with non-life threatening ...

Starting this afternoon. we do know what caused. it i'll talk about that in a second. but we need to tell you about the epa. they just posted a statement saying they flew an aircraft right through that fire this afternoon, looking for any airborne toxins. and they said despite the intensity of this fire, and this is the epa's words here, no high levels of toxic chemical have been detected. but everyone in the area should still follow the safety instruction of local authority, especially staying out of that evacuation zone. no high levels of toxic material have been detected airborne from this ...

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