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An uncontrolled fire continued to rage at the Winston Weaver Company fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem almost 48 hours after it was initially reported to the fire department late Monday evening.
A lone Winston-Salem police car is parked near a structure fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP ...
About 6,500 people have been told to evacuate their homes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina due to a fire at a fertilizer plant storing over 300 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, city ...
The plant had large stores of ammonium nitrate, which made the fire especially dangerous to fight. “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 two days after the fire began. [7]
The City of Winston-Salem, N.C., is asking people within one mile of a raging blaze at factory to evacuate due to the possibility of a large explosion. Fire at fertilizer plant may cause explosion ...
The Summers Fertilizer Company plant suffered a fire, causing 400 tons of stored ammonium nitrate to be consumed by fire. There was no explosion. [1] - Red Sea: 23 January 1953: 0 A fire was detected on the Finnish cargo ship Tirrenia on 23 January 1953, while it was carrying ammonium nitrate. Attempts to extinguish the fire with steam were ...
Residents of the North Carolina city of Winston-Salem still need to be cautious of a possible explosion, officials said Thursday morning, more than two days after a fire broke out at a fertilizer ...
At least 6,000 residents are being asked to evacuate their homes over fears of an explosion after a fire broke out at a fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem.