Thousands of people have been evacuated and classes have been canceled at Wake Forest University because of a fire at a nearby fertilizer plant.
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Thousands of people have been evacuated and classes have been canceled at Wake Forest University because of a fire at a nearby fertilizer plant in North Carolina.
According to a Winston-Salem Police Department news release, the 4400 block of Cherry Street from North Point Boulevard to Indiana Avenue was closed while emergency crews, including about 90 firefighters and 150 others from different agencies, responded to the fire around 8:20 p.m. on Monday and it remains closed.
Firefighters had said earlier there was the potential for a large explosion of ammonium nitrate. Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo said Monday evening that fire crews"abandoned" the fire-fighting operation because of the large volume of ammonium nitrate on site. He said that once a railcar at the rear of the structure had become involved, they were unable to get water to the scene so they decided to pull away because it had become a large explosive hazard.
At around 2 a.m. Tuesday, first responders were seen driving through the area asking residents to evacuate to safety as the threat of an explosion still loomed. Grubb said first responders were also going door-to-door to get people safely away from the area.
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