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

About 6,500 people dont know when theyll be able to return to their homes as a fertilizer plant fire continues to burn, posing an explosion risk.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Overnight rain helped to suppress an uncontrolled fire at a North Carolina fertilizer plant, but fire officials warned Thursday that it has also pushed smoke closer

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

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.

Overnight rain helped suppress an uncontrolled fire at a North Carolina fertilizer plant, but fire officials are warning that it has also pushed smoke closer to the ground, creating a health hazard

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Overnight rain helped to suppress an uncontrolled fire at a North Carolina fertilizer plant, but fire officials warned Thursday that it has also pushed smoke closer to the ground, creating a health hazard.

A fire chief says the explosion threat from a fire at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, fertilizer plant has “greatly diminished” now that much of a combustible chemical has burned off and firefighters have returned to the site to spray down what’s left. But officials are still asking people to stay away from the Weaver Fertilizer site.

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

Despite rain helping to extinguish flames at a Winston-Salem fertilizer plant, firefighters still urge the public to keep clear.