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Residents who live on the street next to the battery plant are still under an evacuation for the next few days. Those homeowners said there is a lot of confusion about when they can go back inside.
Toyota announced the plant on December 6, 2021, with groundbreaking taking place in mid-2022. [7] The plant will cost Toyota US$13.9 billion to build, [5] with the company officials saying they selected North Carolina for the new plant based on the availability of renewable energy from Duke Energy.
In December 2021, Toyota first announced plans for a major North Carolina battery plant on a 1,800-acre megasite about 20 miles southeast of Greensboro near the town of Liberty.
March 7 – Prison camp fire in Kenansville, North Carolina, killed 11 convicts. July 6 – Glaspalast, Munich, fire. July 25 – Fire at the Little Sisters of the Poor's Home for the Aged in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed 42 and injured more than 200. [21] [22] [23]
All North Monterey County Unified School District schools and offices were closed on Friday due to the ongoing fire at the battery plant, according to a statement.
Residents north and east of Fredericktown were told to evacuate. The plant is said to be one of the largest Lithium-ion battery facilities in the world. [11] Two days after the fire, thousands of dead fish were found along 2.5 mile stretches of Village Creek and St. Francis River, believed to be killed by PFAS ingredients in firefighting foam. [12]
Farmington F.D. responded to an early morning structure fire Thursday. The cause remains under investigation.
Originally named Liberty Oak, the town was founded in 1809 near the plantation of John Leak. [5] The first church within the town was the Liberty Christian Church (now the United Church of Christ) founded on October 11, 1884.