Health officials say no significant issues with air or water quality have been found nearly one month after a massive chemical fire that burned for 10 days just across the Wisconsin border.
The Rockton Fire Protection District says the fire that burned for days at the Chemtool plant was accidental.
After several days of being kept out of their homes, people living within one mile of the chemical plant near the Wisconsin-Illinois border that has been burning for much of the week will be allowed to return home Friday.
The parent company of the chemical plant near the Illinois-Wisconsin border that has been burning all week claims there is "no health risk" posed by the burning materials.
Winnebago County health officials say air quality levels have remained steady in the area near a chemical plant fire, allowing them to lift a mask mandate, but people who live near the plant are still not allowed to return home.
Local officials are giving an update after a second full day of fighting a chemical fire at the Chemtool plant in Rockton, just south of Beloit and the Wisconsin border.
A private industrial firefighting company is working Tuesday to put out the remaining fire at the Chemtool plant in Rockton, Illinois, more than 24 hours after the fire started burning.
A northern Illinois chemical plant that was rocked by an explosion and massive fires that prompted evacuations was inspected by a federal agency less than a month before the blast sent debris raining down onto nearby areas.
Fire officials in northern Illinois say they've called in a private industrial firefighting team to help put out a chemical fire that has been burning for more than 24 hours.
Local health officials in the county where a chemical fire has been burning for more than 10 hours are telling people within three miles of the fire to wear masks as a precaution.
Rockton officials are providing an update on a massive chemical fire at Chemtool, which has been burning since 7 a.m. and led to evacuations around the plant.
The company that owns the Chemtool building burning in Rockton, Illinois, says all employees are accounted for and safe.
