6 500 Evacuated As North Carolina Authorities Keep Eye On Burning Fertilizer Plant
The fire department announced citizens within a one-mile radius of the plant should evacuate in case of an explosion. The Winston-Salem vicinity has almost 6,500 residents in nearly 2,500 homes. “We want to make sure that right now we’re evacuating everybody in this one-mile radius,” Winston-Salem Battalion Chief Patrick Grubbs told reporters early Tuesday. “There is still a potential for explosion.” Authorities drove through neighborhoods Monday night, knocking on doors and asking residents to leave their homes....