Latinos living by the Weaver fire turn to community organizations for support
After the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant caught fire, many people in the vicinity had to evacuate with no emergency funds or plans.
After the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant caught fire, many people in the vicinity had to evacuate with no emergency funds or plans.
Questions raised at a recent public safety meeting about the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant echo those of nearly a decade ago.
Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo won't put a timeline on how long it will take to determine what caused the fire that destroyed a Winston-Salem fertilizer plant, but says the answer isn't likely
A newly released incident report from the Winston-Salem Fire Department confirms “excessive heat, and scorch burns” at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant on December 26.
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.
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 cooling operations there.