that is the message from ukraine s president. as a new war crimes investigation is launched. the incredibly disturbing video now being shared these stories and more on cnn news, central. happening now . the air over richmond, indiana , is being called toxic as a recycling plant. fire continues to smolder. officials say it could be days before the flames are completely out roughly 2000 people in order to evacuate their homes with the thick black smoke billowing schools in the area are closed and a shelter in place order is in effect. sarah spoke to the epa administrator just moments ago. our goal is to ensure that this community stays safe. and so we ve been on site since the beginning, and we re going to stay there until we can assure that this community is not seeing any threats from the air quality implications here. cnn s omar jimenez is live on the scene, omar, we can see you worry a mask. i heard you at a news conference a short time ago . what are they telling you about
you and your team, please stay safe. with us now is cnn s chief medical correspondent. dr sanjay gupta. sanjay look plastic, so funny word when it s in a film like the graduate, but when you re talking about 14 acres of it burning what are the risks supposes to air quality. well you know, there s a way of looking at this is yet to look at this in the immediate sort of time period, but also sort of over time. what happens to these these particular compounds and over space, meaning that the obviously the evacuation zone is of concern, but we re talking about very, very fine particles , which can travel over distance . so over time and space is when you have to sort of think about this. omar was talking about the particulate matter. in the evacuation zone. that s the smoke. that s the obvious stuff , john. you know. you see it. you smell it. you breathe it in . it s irritating. that s why people need to get out of their masks can be helpful. but really , as omar was saying, leaving that a