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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 area would likely be poor in the midst of the fire: "As the sun rises, there's going to be...

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.