Investigation launched to expose those responsible for the fire.
By JPOST.COM STAFFbuilding on fire(photo credit: illustrative)Firefighters extinguished the fire the broke out in an Acre metal processing plant Sunday morning after nearly 24 hours.Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan initiated a criminal investigation into the causation of the fire, in order to discover who will be held responsible for the disaster.The fire at the "Hod Pladot" plant began around 11 a.m. at the plant’s waste collection area, and it was believed that hazardous materials were being burned by the flames, making the fumes potentially harmful.Earlier in the day hundreds of residents in nearby communities were advised to remain indoors to avoidinhaling hazardous smoke. A Ministry for Environmental Protection hazardous materials treatment patrol was called in by the emergency services and consulted on the fire.In the afternoon, environmental experts declared the smoke non-hazardous, despite the toxic substances being burned up, because the blaze and toxic smoke stayed safely high in the atmosphere.Thirty firefighter teams were at work on the site in the evening, trying to get the fire under control. An initial eight teams from the Western Galilee Region had not sufficed, and support was called in from other regions.Great plumes of thick smoke rose above the Haifa Bay and spread across Route 4, causing it to be intermittently closed between Albin and Ein Hamifratz junctions due to the smoke, and police were redirecting traffic to alternative routes.
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