New images of the fire at the fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem have brought back memories for those who lived through the EQ plant explosion in Apex more than 15 years ago.
By taking a look back at what happened in 2006, we could get an idea of the massive cleanup still ahead at the Weaver plant.
Some who lived in Apex in 2006 still have memories of evacuations and the massive emergency response. "That brought some flashbacks," said Keith Weatherly, who served as Apex's mayor in 2006.
"The town manager called me and said, 'We have a serious situation. There has been an explosion, and we are going to start evacuating,'" said Weatherly. The Environmental Quality Industrial Services building on Investment Road was a fireball. There was a plume of smoke rising from the hazardous waste facility â and emergency workers could not be sure if it was dangerous. Around half the town was ordered to evacuate.
