Posted on Feb 3, 2022
Explosion fears remain as North Carolina fertilizer plant burns for a third day
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An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant in North Carolina continued to burn Wednesday, forcing firefighters and thousands of evacuated residents to remain at least a mile (1.6 kilometers) away because there could be a large explosion.
Fire officials said they could not predict when the blaze might die down. And they didn't know how many people have actually obeyed the evacuation order.
"The fact of the matter is, at the beginning of this incident, there was enough ammonium nitrate on hand for this to be one of the worst explosions in U.S. history," Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo said at an afternoon news conference that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper also attended.
An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant in North Carolina continued to burn Wednesday, forcing firefighters and thousands of evacuated residents to remain at least a mile (1.6 kilometers) away because there could be a large explosion.
Fire officials said they could not predict when the blaze might die down. And they didn't know how many people have actually obeyed the evacuation order.
"The fact of the matter is, at the beginning of this incident, there was enough ammonium nitrate on hand for this to be one of the worst explosions in U.S. history," Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo said at an afternoon news conference that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper also attended.
Explosion fears remain as North Carolina fertilizer plant burns for a third day
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