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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.