People living in the vicinity of Sally Brown and Country Club roads were being asked to evacuate their homes Wednesday evening because of possible toxic fumes.
A roofing company had tried a controlled burn of dumped shingles, and the Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Environmental Quality were trying to determine what chemical residue might be involved, a sheriff’s dispatcher said about 7 p.m.
Most of Country Club near Smith Ferry was blocked off by law enforcement.
“We’ve got a fire out here,” Muskogee County Sheriff Charles Pearson said at 7:30 p.m. “It started yesterday, and we put it out. It started up again, and it involves all kinds of chemicals. There are a large amount of shingles dumped by Miller Roofing — years’ worth.”
Local News
January 14, 2009
<font color = red>BREAKING NEWS:</font> Fire causes evacuation of homes
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