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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.
A fire at Weaver Fertilizer Plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, prompted the evacuation of about 6,500 people overnight amid explosion fears.
Emergency officials spent Monday night going door-to-door, sounding sirens, urging people to evacuate using loudspeakers and taking to social media, all in an effort to convince some 6,000 residents within
A fire at Weaver Fertilizer Plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, prompted the evacuation of about 6,500 people overnight amid explosion fears.
An uncontrolled fire burning at a North Carolina fertilizer plant forced the evacuations of thousands of people as firefighters warned Tuesday that chemicals at the site could cause a large explosion.