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    Battery Plant Fire in Fredericktown, MO, Leads to Evacuations

    Oct. 31, 2024
    Fredericktown firefighters urged residents to shelter in place or evacuate depending on their locaion.

    A fire and explosions at a battery plant in Fredericktown forced evacuations Wednesday afternoon.

    When heavy smoke emerged from the Critical Mineral Recovery battery processing plant Madison County 9-1-1 posted a message on its Facebook page for certain residents to evauate immediately, Fox2 reported

    The 75 employees evacuated safely and there were no injuries reported in the fire that remains under investigation. 

     

     

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    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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