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CITY LAYS BLAME, DUBS FIRE THE "MY WAY TRADING" FIRE

(Richmond, IN)--Richmond Mayor Dave Snow on Wednesday pulled no punches in laying the blame for the fire squarely on the shoulders of the owner of My Way Trading.  Snow talked Wednesday about steps taken over the course of four years to get the owner to remove the plastic that continues to burn.  "That business owner is fully responsible for all of this.  We have the unsafe building order in the recorded court documents.  Everything that has ensued here - the fire, the damages, the risk that our first responders have taken and the risk these citizens are under are the responsibility of that negligent business owne," Snow said.  Snow also explained that the city took only partial ownership of the property as part of the cleanup effort.  "We took a portion of it from the business owner in a tax sale to hold that person accountable for this cleanup.  They are still responsible for the fire that has happened and all of the damage that has ensued afterward," Snow added.  The city and other governmental entities are now referring to the fire as the My Way Trading fire.