FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts authorities says residents of southern Berkshire County can resume normal outdoor activities after overnight testing showed no evidence of contamination from a huge industrial fire in New York.
The state Emergency Management Agency on Friday lifted recommendations put into place Thursday that residents stay indoors and refrain from using air conditioners because it was unclear whether there were contaminants in the smoke and ash from the blaze at TCI of New York in West Ghent that drifted into Massachusetts.
The recommendations applied to Alford, Great Barrington, Tyringham, Monterey, Otis, Egremont, Mount Washington, Sheffield, New Marlborough and Sandisfield.
New York authorities are investigating the cause of the fire that broke out Wednesday at the transformer recycling company. The fire fueled by diesel, propane and mineral oil was extinguished Thursday.
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