WEBVTT FIRE CHIEF TED GRAAF. WE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND ENCOUNTERED A LARGE TEAM OF SMOKE BEHIND US EXTENDING TO THE NORTH PART OF THIS IN THE END TO THE WEST. OUR FIRST INITIAL CONCERN WAS TO CORNER OFF THE AREAS TO KEEP PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC OUT OF THOSE AREAS. ALSO, EVACUATE IMMEDIATE AREAS INITIALLY THAT WERE AFFECTED. OUR NEXT STEP WAS THEN TO ISOLATE A PARTICULAR AREA USING HIGH VOLUMES OF WATER FROM APPARATUS C TOALM -- TO CALM THAT DOWN AND THEN IT DISSIPATED, HOWEVER, TODAY, IT KEPT THE PLUME LOW TO THE GROUND AND DID A SLOW ROLL UNTIL IT DISSIPATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN. >> HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE ACCIDENT? >> THIS WAS LARGE VOLUME, A LARGE PLUME THAT INVOLVED A LARGE AREA. WE ARE FORTUNATE AT THIS TIME THAT THEY WERE NOT MORE INJURIES . FORTUNATELY, WE HAD A BUNCH OF AGENCIES THAT CAME TOGETHER AND WE ARE PLEASED SO FAR WITH EVERYBODY WHO WORKED TOGETHER TO TRY TO MITIGATE THE SITUATION. AS THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND TOWN. THAT INCLUDES THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A NURSING FACILITY AND ATCHISON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORING CHURCH THAT WERE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN. WE HAVE CREWS ON THOSE AREAS RIGH NOW AND CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS SAFE IN THOSE AREAS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT