As the fire at the Grand Prairie-based Poly-America plant continues to burn, fire department officials say the molten material caused by the plastic burning takes longer to extinguish. The fire, which ...

When wildfires swept through the hills near Santa Cruz, California, in 2020, they released toxic chemicals into the water supplies of at least two communities. One sample found benzene, a carcinogen, ...

An April 11 fire at a plastics trading facility has prompted 24/7 air monitoring by the EPA and evacuation within a half mile of the site. An area of nearly 14 acres stockpiled with plastics burned ...

A fire at a plastic barrel facility in Alvin is now out Officials said the fire was located on CR 281, near Herring Road. Authorities said smoke could be visible for miles. Cause of the fire is ...

An Aug. 4 fire heavily damaged Green Tree Plastics LLC, an Evansville, Ind., company known for making plastic lumber for school groups using caps and lids collected by children. The fire started at ...