Emergency officials spent Monday night going door-to-door, sounding sirens, urging people to evacuate using loudspeakers and taking to social media, all in an effort to convince some 6,000 Winston-Salem residents within a mile of a burning fertilizer plant to get out and stay out until the danger has passed.
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A bystander watches as Winston-Salem firefighters battle a fire at a Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday. No injuries were reported.
Jan. 31, 2022
The fertilizer plant is at 4440 N. Cherry Street, between North Point Boulevard and Indiana Avenue.
FROM THE SCENE: Flames erupt from Winston-Salem fertilizer plant
Fire broke out at a Winston-Salem fertilizer factory shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31. Crews fought the blaze for hours before backing off and beginning evacuation efforts in nearby neighborhoods, citing the risk of explosion from chemicals stored on site.
Jan. 31, 2022
Cherry Street Fire
Weaver Fertlizer Co. burns at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
A structure fire burns at Weaver Fertilizer Co. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
An angel statue faces in the direction of billowing smoke from the fire at Weaver Fertilizer Co. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
A structure fire burns at Weaver Fertilizer Co. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
A lone Winston-Salem police car is seen near a structure fire at Weaver Fertilizer Co. at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Wins…
Cherry Street Fire
Clouds of smoke billow around Weaver Fertilizer Co. as the fire continues to burn at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-S…
Cherry Street Fire
Greensboro firefighters pick up oxygen tanks from a hazardous materials truck at a command site during a structure fire at Weaver Fertilizer C…
Cherry Street Fire
A bystander watches as Winston-Salem firefighters battle a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
An angel statue faces in the direction of billowing smoke from the fire at Weaver Fertilizer Co. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
Winston-Salem firefighters battle a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
Winston-Salem firefighters battle a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
Winston-Salem firefighters fight a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
Winston-Salem firefighters battle a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
Winston-Salem police officers create barriers around a structure fire at Weaver Fertilizer Co. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
Winston-Salem firefighters battle a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
A motorist stops to look at the blaze from a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cherry Street Fire
Winston-Salem firefighters battle a structure fire at 4440 N. Cherry St. on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
