Chemical-Fire Fumes Force N.C. Evacuation

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APEX, N.C. -- More than 17,000 people were urged to flee their homes on the outskirts of Raleigh early Friday after a thunderous series of explosions and a raging fire at a hazardous-waste disposal plant released a greenish-yellow cloud of deadly chlorine gas.

No employees were believed to have been inside the EQ Industrial Services plant when it was rocked by the blasts late Thursday. Officials said 44 people went to emergency rooms, most complaining of breathing problems, but nearly all had been released by midday.

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Chemical-Fire Fumes Force N.C. Evacuation

A timely rainstorm helped scrub the air, but Mayor Keith Weatherly said the fire would not be extinguished until this morning a...

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