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KeithBinns/Getty Images(RICHMOND, Ind.)  More than 2,000 residents are under an evacuation order after a large fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at an Indiana recycling plant, officials said. Any resident within a half-mile radius of the Wayne County plant has been ordered to evaluate due to the "large industrial fire," local officials said. The evacuation zone impacts approximately 2,011 residents, according to a representative from the Wayne County Emergency Management office. Anyone downwind of the incident should shelter in place, according to officials. "The smoke is definitely toxic," Indiana Fire Marshal Stephen Jones told reporters during a press briefing. "We don t want the residents in the smoke. As the wind changes we may change the direction of the evacuations." A firefighter who responded to the scene injured his ankle after he fell down a ravine, according to Richmond Fire Chief Tim Brown. He was treated at a local hospital and has sinc

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