Fertilizer Fire News Today

Small businesses affected by the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant fire are eligible for grants of up to $5,000, Greater Winston-Salem Inc. announced Tuesday.

Winston-Salem North Ward City Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem D.D. Adams is holding public meetings for constituents who were impacted by the Winston Weaver Company fertilizer plant fire.  On Wednesday night, some 200 North Ward residents and concerned citizens gathered in the Hanes Hosiery Community Center to learn more about available resources for those who incurred hardship due to the fire. It was also an opportunity for them to share questions and concerns with their city council represent...

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An uncontrolled fire raging at a North Carolina fertilizer plant forced the evacuations of thousands of people as firefighters warned early Tuesday that chemicals at the site could cause a large explosion.

Great effort. great horse. >> i hope that horse was consenting. >> now that you dirtied it ins ruined. this is a great one more thing, i believe. this is parker who is four years old and he always wanted to be his dad. his dad was an incredible volunteer with the west fire department. he helped organize fundraisers and do all kinds of things. sadly his father was killed when he was fighting the -- im sorry, greg, but this is a good story. he was fighting the fertilizer fire, the explosion that h...

West community center after 9:00 a.m. we will have another press conference at 4:00. thank you. ask for your prayers. >> mayor, what do you say about your [inaudible] >> >>gretchen: the mayor of west texas giving an update, much of the information weve already given with regard to the number of people still missing, injured, confirmed dead, the timing of the fire that happened, about 7:23 central time yesterday and then the explosion 30 minutes later. do we still have casey stegall back? ive bee...

When the explosion occurred. the rest home, nursing home has evacuated and taken all patients out to safe locations. all residents in that area have been evacuated and are in a safe location. i do not have an exact number of casualties at this time. we took over 160 to waco hospitals, area hospitals, for treatment. search-and-rescue teams have been working through the night combing the west haven as well as the fire, the fertilizer plant and also a thorough check of the neighborhood. that is con...

I know were waiting on a presser. >> yeah, were waiting on another press conference where we expect to get some more information. not a whole lot of information frankly, has changed in the last few hours. the only real nugget of information that has come out since we last talked that was interesting to note from the mayor is that all of the residents of that nursing home, that nearby nursing home were successfully evacuated. reports that some of those folks sustained injuries to what extent it i...

Is no risk to human life. but if there is risk to human life, youre going to go in there anyway. >> gretchen: a lot of people are writing in this morning with this particular question, which is if this fertilizer plant has been there for significant amount of time, why were there schools and nursing homes and other facilities so close to it, or is it the case that this is just a safe facility and you would build a school next to it? >> im not certain which one was there first, unfortunately. no ...

Admitted out of the 65 weve treated. >>steve: what about the last night, the time of the explosion? apparently they heard it as far away as 45 miles away to the north in waxahachie. did you hear it? >> i personal did i did not. there were people close to me that did hear it. >>steve: you didnt feel the earth move either because it did measure on the richter scale? >> no. >>gretchen: thank you so much for bringing us up to speed with the people at your facility, heather. >>brian: there is someone...