N.C. Chemical Fire Forces Evacuation of Thousands
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APEX, N.C. -- A still-raging fire in a hazardous waste plant prompted the evacuation of as many as 16,000 people from this Raleigh suburb today and sent dozens to nearby hospitals with respiratory problems.
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A wildfire that has scorched about 46 square miles in northeastern Utah and killed three people has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby towns and forced authorities to close a national forest to the public.
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Up to 17,000 people are told to leave their homes after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in North Carolina.
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A fire gutted a house in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, early Sunday, killing at least seven people. Some of the victims are believed to be college students, Mayor Debbie Smith said.
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A magnesium fire at a recycling plant burned out of control Friday night, spewing wind-driven toxic fumes and forcing the evacuation of several thousand people from their homes.
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Fire officials have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes as wildfires raged through Northern California and Montana.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont.  -- An enormous wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people continued to spread Monday, though winds didn't kick up as much as firefighters had feared, a Forest Service official said.
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Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday in an industrial section of Kansas City, forcing a broad evacuation as a towering cloud of black smoke rose over the skyline.
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Authorities urged over a million people  from New Orleans to northwest Florida to flee as deadly  Hurricane Ivan churned through the Gulf of Mexico on a track  that could bring it onto the U.S. coast by Wednesday night.
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A fire at a poultry processing plant in southwest Missouri forced the evacuation of nearly 100 people from a neighboring town, authorities said. Officials were concerned about ammonia fumes released by the blaze.
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Investigators try to find the cause of a hotel fire that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people.
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An explosion Wednesday at a chemical plant shook windows, rattled doors and sent a thick plume of smoke over a section of Jacksonville. Police have cordoned off the area, closed highway exits to the site and are evacuating people.
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Forest fire forces 1,300 to evacuate in eastern Canada    OTTAWA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,300 people have been forced to leave their homes in eight communities in northwestern Ontario, Canada, as firefighters continued to battle hundreds of forest fires on Friday.
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Fears grow that serious environmental damage could be caused when a huge bonfire in County Antrim is lit.
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Millions of people were urged to evacuate their homes as the hurricane gained speed and strength as it bore down on Florida's Atlantic coast.
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More than 500,000 people  are ordered to evacuate areas being engulfed by wildfires in California.
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A mandatory evacuation was ordered Saturday for residents of more than 1,000 homes south of Ketchum, where a massive wildfire raged and high winds grounded firefighting air tankers.