Evacuation

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — Officials have lifted an evacuation order near a southern Michigan chemical manufacturer after a tanker truck hauling a paint chemical began to heat up.The Daily Telegram of Adrian reports none of the n-butyl methacrylate was released Tuesday.The evacuation order was made around noon for everyone in a half-mile radius of Anderson Development in Adrian. It was lifted after 5 p.m.The Lenawee County sheriff's office said in a news release that the evacuations were precautionary.The Methacrylate Producers Association says on its website that the colorless liquid is produced as a building block to make a wide range of polymer-based products that include paints and coatings. The website says the chemical can cause skin and respiratory irritation.No one answered the phone Tuesday afternoon at Anderson Development.Adrian is about 60 miles (96.6 kilometers) southwest of Detroit. … [Read more...] about Evacuations lifted in Michigan after chemical truck heats up

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg authorities are searching rooms in one of the largest buildings on the North Carolina Army post after safety alarms triggered an evacuation.U.S. Army spokesman Paul Boyce said alarms were triggered around 1 p.m. Thursday in the building that houses U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command. About 800 people were evacuated.Boyce said the search by firefighters and law enforcement officers was launched as a precaution. Boyce would not confirm local media reports that some kind of threat had triggered the evacuation.Boyce said some people who work in the building were sent home, but others who left car keys or other personal necessities are waiting in adjacent buildings. He said authorities expect for it to take a while for the building to be cleared. … [Read more...] about Fort Bragg evacuates 800 from building after safety alarm

WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma turkey hunter was found alive but badly burned Friday after spending the night trapped by one of two wildfires raging in northwestern Oklahoma.The fire that trapped the hunter began Thursday afternoon near Leedey, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City and has burned about 82,000 acres (331 sq. kilometers), said Oklahoma Forestry Services spokeswoman Michelle Finch-Walker said."There were three hunters who were trapped," said Finch-Walker. "Two were rescued, the third man was found (Friday) morning and transported" to a burn center in serious condition.A second fire has burned more than 120,000 acres (485 sq. kilometers), several homes and forced the evacuation of about 450 people from their homes near Woodward, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Leedey, according to Woodward County Emergency Management Director Matt Lehenbauer.Finch-Walker said neither of the fires has been contained.The National Weather Service says … [Read more...] about Hunter burned, 100s of homes evacuated in Oklahoma Wildfires

BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Newsletter Signup National By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 04/29/18 AT 11:51 PM Seven communities were ordered to evacuate Sunday in northern Arizona after a tinder fire continued to grow after breaking out at the Coconino National Forest near Payson.The fire started out Friday 11:45 a.m. local time (2:45 p.m. EDT) and quickly spread to 500 acres of land. The immediate evacuation of Moquis Ranchettes, Starlight Pines, Clear Creek, Timber Ranch, Tamarron, Pine Canyon, Blue Ridge Estates, Ponderossa Pines and Mogollon Ranches communities was ordered by the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at around 7 p.m. local time (10 p.m. EDT) on Sunday, ABC 15 reported.The sheriff’s office further added that the evacuations would stay in place until further orders.Seven fire crews, including 500 firemen, were struggling to bring the fire under control, which was burning about nine miles east of Clints Well and … [Read more...] about Tinder Fire In Arizona: Evacuations Ordered As 500-Acre Blaze Grows

World Australia Hundreds of students and teachers were evacuated from a university library on Saturday when the smell of rotting fruit was mistaken for a major gas leak. Around 600 people fled the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, as firefighters arrived to investigate the suspicious odour, Australian news website news.co.au reported. Rather than a gas leak, however, the culprit turned out to be a rotting durian fruit. The hazardous materials team donned protective gear including gas masks to conduct “a comprehensive search” of the library to investigate “potentially dangerous chemicals,” a Metropolitan Fire Brigade statement titled “Rotten afternoon on campus” said. Extra care was taken because the building is known to store a variety of potentially toxic materials. “Firefighters identified the smell was not chemical gas, but gas generated from rotting durian, an extremely pungent fruit which … [Read more...] about Mass Evacuation As Smelly Fruit Is Mistaken For Toxic Gas Leak