Foam Finally Finishes Off Durham Compost Fire: Irritated Neighbors Say It's About Time
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 24--DURHAM -- The fire at the Durham Yard Waste Compost Facility -- the cause of respiratory problems among frustrated neighbors as it burned for 13 days -- was extinguished Saturday.
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By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 24--When it comes to fireside chats, local air pollution control officials believe money will talk louder than words.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- City Council members may have come up with a compromise to protect homes from business encroachment without stifling development.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Dec. 12--From her back bedroom, Gloria Morales first noticed a smoky odor early Monday. By the time she got to the front of her main floor apartment at 1320 7th Ave., she saw the flames.
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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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By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 31--RALEIGH -- Human waste trickles out of a rusting single-wide trailer in Oak Hill Estates, draining to a rivulet that flows past children's toys before disappearing into head-high weeds.
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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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By Rich Haag, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 3--Residents of Milhaven Lane say they're relieved that a 100-foot-long mound of trash has finally been hauled away.   A work crew contracted by the city's Code Enforcement Department removed the garbage on Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- Panicked residents fear a partially dismantled building where a recent blaze killed two firefighters and stripped away protective coverings may be releasing some of the toxic contaminants that blanketed the neighborhood on Sept. 11, 2001.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 10--Emergency management officials in Johnston County enlisted a state helicopter equipped with a heat-sensing capability to fly over a smoldering debris dump fire Friday and identify hot spots.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 19--The air has turned cooler and clearer, promising the end to a long fire season.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - A fire that created a toxic cloud at a hazardous waste plant in a Raleigh suburb has been extinguished and thousands of residents will be allowed to return home on Saturday, officials said.
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Environmentalists bristle as city moves toward 'shared use' of a local haunt.
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By Ryan Teague Beckwith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 8--For years, Raleigh's leftovers have been dumped on the northern end of the Dorothea Dix hospital campus.   But the city has turned that trash into treasure.
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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - When residents smelled a foul odor coming from a nearby home, they thought it was a meth lab and called firefighters. But firefighters entered the house only to find it full of garbage, authorities said.
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By Molly Parker, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.  Feb. 24--PEORIA -- The hazardous waste landfill in Pottstown moved one  step closer to expansion Friday with a move that could also put an end to  costly and time-consuming litigation.
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By Brian Alexander, Seattle Times  Jun. 20--Seattle hazardous materials crews are investigating a chemical odor at a waste transfer station in South Seattle.   The fire department received a report about 4 p.m.