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A Winston-Salem firefighter was injured Friday at an apartment fire off New Walkertown Road, authorities said. Two people who live in the apartment were displaced by the fire.

A woman was taken to a hospital Tuesday after she was injured in a fire that destroyed a house on 23rd Street at Dunleith Avenue, Winston-Salem firefighters said.

Nearly two weeks after that massive fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant in Winston-Salem, we are hearing from one of the firefighters on scene during the first night of the fire.

City of Winston-Salem video from Winston Weaver fire scene Thursday morning

The city took the advice of Environmental Protection Agency officials who said the evacuation zone could be reduced to one-eighth of a mile.

About 6,500 under evacuation orders while firefighters still can’t get within 300ft of blaze at North Carolina plant

Winston-Salem Battalion Chief Patrick Grubbs said Thursday that there's still a risk of an explosion and officials still want people to stay out of the area. The area where officials have called on people to evacuate includes about 6,500 people in 2,500 homes. Grubbs says there’s no projected return time for that area.

At least 6,000 residents in the North Carolina city of Winston-Salem have been asked to evacuate the area during an active fire at the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant. Winston-Salem Fire Department Battalion Chief Patrick Grubbs said at a news conference on Tuesday "We're asking everyone to stay out of this area," as officials told residents within a 1-mile radius of the plant to evacuate. In addition to fears of a potential explosion, Grubbs also said that air quality in the ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Overnight rain helped to suppress an uncontrolled fire at a...

The Winston Weaver fertilizer plant continued to burn Thursday, even as rain fell overnight and into the morning, fire officials said in a pre-dawn update.