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A fire at Weaver Fertilizer Plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, prompted the evacuation of about 6,500 people overnight amid explosion fears.

Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo said fire crews had “abandoned” the fire-fighting operation because of the large volume of ammonium nitrate on site.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — 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. Authorities drove through neighborhoods and knocked on doors asking residents to leave within a one-mile

A raging fire broke out at a plant housing over 5,000 tons of potentially dangerous materials.

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.

Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo said fire crews had “abandoned” the fire-fighting operation because of the large volume of ammonium nitrate on site.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — 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

A fire at Weaver Fertilizer Plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, prompted the evacuation of about 6,500 people overnight amid explosion fears.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — 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