<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=000G3l_1FVVPdoJ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=000G3l_1FVVPdoJ00" width="1200" height="600" >WARRICK CO., Ind. (WFIE) - It’s been one year since the PBTT chemical fire in Warrick County, and the final report from the EPA has recently been made available. You can see the full 2,897 page document, here.The report shows that back on September 6, 2025, a fire broke out at the PBTT Corp. facility on Vann Road in Newburgh.They are an industrial contract manufacturing and metal electroplating plant. The report shows it was a metal magnesium fire, and that initial firefighting operations applied water to the burning metal. The reaction between the metal fire and water caused explosions that dispersed caustic white ash. The report shows the ash did not exceed residential removal management levels or hazardous waste toxicity thresholds.110 properties were evaluated, and ten were remediated by EPA crews. It shows four “heavy ash” properties, closest to the fire, were referred to IDEM for cleanup. According to the report, runoff into Vann Park Pond caused a fish kill, and nearby fields were vacuumed by crews. Roving air testing conducted by the EPA on September 7 detected no exceedances of public health screening levels for VOCs, HCN, HCl, CO, H₂S, lower explosive limit, or particulate matter. </div></body>

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WARRICK CO., Ind. (WFIE) - It’s been one year since the PBTT chemical fire in Warrick County, and the final report from the EPA has recently been made available. You can see the full 2,897 page document, here. The report shows that back on September 6, 2025, a fire...

Final 2,897 page Emergency Response report released in PBTT chemical fire

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WARRICK CO., Ind. (WFIE) - It’s been one year since the PBTT chemical fire in Warrick County, and the final report from the EPA has recently been made avai

Final 2,897 page Emergency Response report released in PBTT chemical fire

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