“The situation is gradually improving, but we still have work to do,” TASS judge Jefferson County Jeff Branick quotes TASS.
Branik said that the return of evacuated people to their homes has not yet been planned.
It is noted that according to the measurements of the company that owns the plant, the level of harmful substances in the air does not exceed permissible limits.
Earlier it became known that a fire and explosion occurred at a petrochemical plant in Texas in Jefferson County, the authorities announced the mandatory evacuation of surrounding settlements.