Thousands evacuated after N. Carolina chemical leak
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Thousands of people were evacuated on Friday from their homes in Apex, North Carolina, after a chemical fire sent a toxic cloud over the Raleigh suburb, emergency officials said.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 22--APEX -- Town police evacuated several units at a townhouse subdivision Thursday after an officer responding to a complaint found explosive materials in an apartment.
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Most of the 2,000 people forced to evacuate after a 22,000-gallon railroad tanker leaked chemicals into a creek and sewer system were permitted to return home Friday.
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By Associated Press  HATTIESBURG - Forty homes in Forrest County were evacuated Thursday after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed.  Two workers for the private company U.S.
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An underground gas storage facility owned by Charlotte, NC-based Duke Energy exploded early Thursday morning, and residents within a one-mile radius were evacuated.
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A chemical leak at the 02 Dome in London leaves 29 people in need of hospital treatment.
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Firms are evacuated and an industrial estate closed after a  gas leak in Swansea.
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Thousands of workers were evacuated Monday from oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Ivan bore down on the waters that cover nearly one-quarter of the country&#39;s fuel supply.
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Hundreds of oil workers were evacuated Sunday from an oil rig in the North Sea off Scotland, the defence ministry and rescuers said, but what caused the emergency remained a mystery.
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By Dale Williams  A HUGE clean-up operation was mounted in the Black Country after 60 people were evacuated and families warned to keep windows shut following a major acid spill.   A cloud of white fumes floated over part of Tipton at about 8am yesterday.
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About 100 homes are evacuated in northern England amid fears a dam could burst after torrential rain.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - Several thousand residents  and more than 100 prisoners were evacuated on Sunday when a  hazardous waste disposal plant at El Dorado, Arkansas, exploded  and caught fire.
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Thousands of automobiles clogged Florida&#39;s highways during the largest evacuation in state history as residents anticipated the arrival of Hurricane Frances.
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A hazardous materials fire at a chemical plant in Apex, N.C., shot flames some 150 feet into the sky this morning.
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By Joe DePriest, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 12--The city of Mount Holly had a wastewater spill of about 3,600 gallons into the Catawba River on Feb.9.   The spill came from a separated above-ground line behind a residence at 113 Thatcher Place in the Riverfront subdivision.
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Dozens of families evacuated from a FEMA trailer park that had been plagued by sewage leaks and power outages were in temporary homes Monday, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had requested work permits to dismantle the site this week.
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A House office building was evacuated Tuesday after witnesses saw signs of smoke.