 TRUCK OUT OF GEAR AND
THE EMERGENCY WAS RELEASED
 
 
 
 
POLICE NOW BELIEVE ASTREA WAS
PLAYING WITH THAT GEAR SHIFT
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT
THIS MORNING IN WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AS CREWS CONTINUE TO
BATTLE THIS FIRE AT A FACTORY IN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY. IT’S AT THE
AMERICANS THINK PRODUCT PLANT
AND MORES BOROUGH RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A HALF-MILE EVACUATION
AROUND THAT PLANT DUE TO AIR
QUALITY AND A SHELTER IS OPENING
UP AT A NEARBY MIDDLE SCHOOL THE
FIRE BROKE OUT AT AROUND 8:00
SUNDAY NIGHT FIREFIGHTERS SAY
INITIALLY THERE WERE 10 TO 12
EXPLOSIONS AT THAT PLANT AND AT
ONE POINT FLAME WERE 60 TO 75
FEET HIGH INVESTIGATORS SAY
