A company spokesperson also said that using water from the Village Creek is not recommended while testing is being done, after dead fish were found Friday.
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — Three days after a fire engulfed the Critical Mineral Recovery plant in Fredericktown, a company spokesperson said Saturday that the fire is “controlled.”
The parent company’s lawyer Al Watkins said “currently, an expert fire suppression team is on-site and strategically suppressing remaining hotspots within the structure. It is expected that there will be occasional smoke in the air as this process progresses.”
In a press release, Watkins said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is still performing air monitoring and sampling,
Watkins added that “the fire water runoff has been contained and our contractors have set up infrastructure to contain water on-site to avoid run-off.
Watkins said the company is aware of the fish kill and is cooperating with state and national …