Mount Olive area residents evacuated; multiple fire departments respond to alarm
By Steve Herring
Published in News on August 1, 2018 2:05 PM
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Firefighters from Duplin and Wayne counties work to fill drop tanks at the corner of U.S. 117 Alternate and Broadhurst Road Wednesday afternoon as they assist Calypso Fire Department respond to a call at Southeastern Grain Co., located at 770 U.S. 117 Alternate. Around a dozen departments responded, with several assisting with emergency water supplies. Area residents were evacuated as a precaution because of nearby propane tanks.
MOUNT OLIVE -- Residents in an area just south of town have been evacuated as multiple fire departments, including ones from northern Wayne County, have responded to an alarm at a grain mill.
The alarm is at Southeastern Grain Co., 770 U.S. 117 Alternate in Duplin County just south of the town limits.
The evacuation was because of nearby propane tanks.
Few details are available, but tankers from as far away as Nahunta, Patetown and Elroy have been activated to set up a series of fast-dump water tanks near Broadhurst Road.
Mount Olive police are on scene to direct traffic.
At about 1:45 p.m., the Calypso Volunteer Fire Department issued an evacuation notice to businesses and residents within one mile of the Southeastern Grain feed mill due to a gas leak. The department plans lift the evacuation after the area is considered safe.