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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin It's been 3 days and firefighters are still battling a huge fire down at a Summerville recycling plant.  The fire happened Friday at the Old Berryton Mill Plant in Chattooga County. Today, emergency officials say they've decreased the smoke advisory. Now, residents living within just a quarter mile are still not able to stay in their homes.Some good news, the air quality is not as bad as it was over the weekend. And while there's still no official cause of the fire, officials say they've made some great progress."We haven't been able to get into it. The investigators haven't because of the heat is so hot in there - we're still fighting fires," says Eddie Henderson, Chattooga County Emergency Management Director.Emergency workers say the fire is well over 1000 degrees right now.The good news, the air quality has improved quite a bit around the plant.  But, it's still a danger for people living within a quarter mile. "You're going to see a haze around the area. .When you see that haze you need to stay inside - and during the day if the smoke blows your way, You need to stay inside," says Henderson.Saturday, officials called for mandatory evacuations for residents living nearby. The Sheriff says the air quality in the area is not at toxic levels anymore. But, fire investigators tell us they can't stress the importance of people staying out of the smoke advisory area."What we're looking for in particular is the little black things that fall out of the air that fall on your car or whatever, that's carbon mostly," says Henderson.Residents nearby spent the weekend in fear."It looked like twin towers, that's what I thought. I mean that's how much smoke it was. It was like the twin towers and flames was just going up almost as high as the smoke," says Debbie Gaines, a nearby resident.She's like David Bethune who lives only minutes away from the plant."We just added new a addition on, so I'm very concerned about my home and safety of it," says David Bethune.Authorities say the fire should likely be out by Tuesday. They say in the meantime, if you're having any breathing or medical problems to stay inside or leave the area.

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