some residents are also ordered to leave, but chris dillinger must make the decision on his own. >> it, you know, poisonous gases or anything until we came back and then turned on the tv because, you know, we didn't know it was an industrial fire. once we knew what it was, we started thinking maybe we should leave. eventually we didn't leave because we knew the smoke was blowing away from us. it did make me a little bit nervous. >> after enduring six hours of punishing heat and flames, firefighters almost completely contain the blaze. and the haz-mat team releases it results. the air quality is not a threat to the community. >> our personnel were there for approximately five, almost six hours before we cleared it. we determined there was nothing above the threshold limit. there were nuisance odor but nothing above what would be considered a hazard. >> all the employee escape without any injuries, but the magnablend plant is in ruins. the devastation so complete, the story is covered on the national news. >> in texas, a huge chemical fire is still burning tonight about 30 miles south o