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Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo found himself in the national spotlight last year when a potentially explosive fire threatened the community around the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant.

One month ago, Winston-Salem made national headlines for a fire that could have grown into something much worse. Thankfully the ammonium nitrate stored at…

Questions raised at a recent public safety meeting about the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant echo those of nearly a decade ago. After the plant fire in…

Winston-Salem North Ward City Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem D.D. Adams is holding public meetings for constituents who were impacted by the Winston…

With the Weaver Fertilizer plant fire in Winston-Salem contained, the threat of explosion gone, and nearby residents returning to their evacuated homes,…

Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo says the explosion threat from a fire at a fertilizer plant has "greatly diminished" now that much of a combustible chemical has burned off and firefighters have returned to the site to spray down what's left.

UPDATED 7:28 p.m. The explosion threat from a fire at a North Carolina fertilizer plant has "greatly diminished" now that much of a combustible chemical…

An ammonium nitrate expert has helped determine that enough of the chemical at the Weaver Fertilizer plant has been burned up for firefighters to begin…

UPDATED 6:35 p.m. An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant in North Carolina forced thousands of people to evacuate as firefighters stood back Tuesday…