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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED...

The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Resources
have declared an Air Quality Alert for...

Saturday, June 25th for the following Indiana counties...

Carroll...Tippecanoe...Howard...Boone...Hamilton...Madison...
Delaware...Hendricks...Vigo...Shelby...Greene...Monroe...Brown...
Bartholomew...Knox...Daviess...

Ozone levels are expected to be in the Orange or Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups range. Active children and adults, and people
with respiratory disease, such as asthma should limit prolonged
outdoor exposure.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take to reduce
ozone forming emissions:

* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
equipment until after 7pm.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
conditioner to 75 degrees or above.

For further information, please see the IDEM Smog Watch page on the
Internet at:

http://www.in.gov/apps/idem/smog/

Atlantis Aquatic Gardens' main storage building up in flames on Sunday

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Fish Fire

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - One of the main storage buildings for Atlantis Aquatic Gardens in Terre Haute went up in flames on Sunday.

This happened around 6:00 p.m. on 13th Street and 7th Avenue in Terre Haute.

The Terre Haute Fire Department says crews were on scene for 2.5 hours, but had the fire under control in about 10 minutes.

The cause of the fire was ruled to be electrical in nature.

They say about 25% of the structure is completely burned. 

Nobody is hurt and none of the animals are injured.

The owner says the store will be open for normal hours this week.

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