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>> we got one way into the fire. >> reporter: firefighters navigating the site. semi trailers and buildings packed with plastics which acts as pure fuel, they say. >> the entire complex has either burned or is burning. >> reporter: there were no serious injuries, but the toxic inferno forced more than 1,500 people from their homes. local schools closed today. the a situation zone covers a half-mile radius. we saw the smoke roughly 20 miles out and now a mile back and this is our view. >> i am not doing so well. >> reporter: christina cox's home is 200 feet from the plant. >> how scared were yo...

Evacuate situation zone which is about 12 miles and have told people an additional 10 kilometers to just stay indoors so, piers, there's a lot of conflicting information but the bottom line is this is an extraordinarily -- this is a castastrophe. the question is how much of a castastrophe is it? the prevailing winds we're told are still pushing anything that is released out toward the sea, we believe, but, again, information all is coming really in the end from this private japanese company and that is what concerns a lot of people here because this is a company which in the past has a history...

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