HORNICK RESIDENTS ASKED TO EVACUATE

WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES HAVE ASKED RESIDENTS OF HORNICK, IOWA TO EVACUATE BECAUSE OF A FIRE AT A FERTILIZER STORAGE FACILTY.

FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE COMING FROM AT LEAST TWO BUILDINGS AT THE FACILITY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF HORNICK.

COUNTY ROAD K-64 LEADING INTO TOWN IS CLOSED. RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO LEAVE ON HIGHWAY 141 BY HEADING EAST OR WEST TO SMITHLAND OR SLOAN.

DEPUTIES SAY THERE WAS A RESPIRATORY DANGER FROM THE BLACK SMOKE AND A DANGER OF AN EXPLOSION FROM THE BURNING FERTILIZER.

THAT FIRE WAS REPORTED JUST AFTER 3PM.