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My Way Trading Warehouse Fire

 
Site Contact:
Jeff Wawczak
On-Scene Coordinator

(Wawczak.jeffrey@epa.gov)

Site Location:
308 NW F Street
Richmond, IN 47374
 response.epa.gov/MyWayTradingWarehouse

December 1, 2023

Progress Update:

 Since 10/30/2023 EPA has been on site washing and sorting the steel left behind by the My Way Trading Warehouse Fire. Currently to date EPA has washed and removed 441,000lbs of steel from the site and sent it for recycling at a local facility. EPA anticipates continuing to work on washing and sorting steel from the site for the remainder of the calendar year.

October 17, 2023

EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at My Way Trading Warehouse Fire Stie In Richmond, Indiana. 

EPA News Release - Link to News Release

Background

On Tuesday, April 11, around 2:30 p.m. EDT, two warehouses containing large amount of chipped, shredded and bulk recycled plastic caught fire in Richmond, Indiana. The fire department is currently the lead agency for the response. The Indiana Department of Emergency Management requested EPA assistance and EPA was on site by 8 p.m. That evening, EPA, in consultation with the responding local and state partners, established mobile air monitoring locations at the site and in the community.

 

For More information on EPA activity prior to June 2023 please see: My Way Trading Previous Updates


piles of steel being washed and sorted piles of steel waiting to be washed and sorted Comparison photo of an area that has not been cleared as of 11/30 Area that has been cleared or steel leaving the Potential ACM to be removed. Steel being sorted and processed Steel debris mixed in with fire debris. Photo from the April 25 event where EPA, local and state agencies spoke one-on-one with residents from Indiana and Ohio about the response. Crews search for debris at a private property in Indiana Crews wet debris in a bag collected from a residential property in Indiana EPA on-scene coordinator walks behind crews searching for debris at a private property in Indiana EPA on-scene coordinator monitors crews searching for debris. Crews search for debris at a park An excavator moves industrial debris at the My Way Trading warehouse fire site in Richmond, Indiana. Flags identifying debris to be collected by EPA. The agency is collecting all debris seen, even if it may not appear to be from the fire. EPA crews search for debris at a public park. Potential piece of debris from the Richmond fire. Crews searching for debris at a school following the Richmond fire. Flags are placed by potential debris. Crew member searching for potential debris at a school following the Richmond fire. Crews flagging potential debris at a school following the Richmond fire. Structural debris from the My Way Trading warehouse fire. View of the warehouse remains following the fire. Structural debris from the My Way Trading warehouse site. Fire suppression efforts at the warehouse in Richmond. Stationary EPA air monitoring equipment in Richmond View of the burned warehouse with smoke in the background. Smoke from the Richmond fire with debris on the ground at the site Fire burning at night on April 11