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
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.