The huge fire in a chemical waster processing plant forced the evacuation of dispatchers at the Apex (NC) comm center on Friday morning. All 911 calls to the town (pop. 20,012) were re-routed to the Wake County 911 center for handling. The county also activated its emergency alerting system, which telephoned residents with shelter-in-place and evacuations orders. There have been no fatalities reported so far, but at least 44 persons were taken to hospitals for treatment from the huge toxic clouds that formed over the plant following giant explosions, and which then drifted over the town.
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