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The Rocky Mount Fire Chief confirmed that crews have been working to contain the fire since about 10 p.m. Wednesday.

KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH WHAT WE FIND OUT. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. REALLY THANK YOU. >> WE'RE TRACKING A LARGE DEBRIS FIRE AT A RECYCLING PLANT IN ROCKY MOUNT. THAT STARTED LATE LAST NIGHT. IT'S FINALLY UNDER CONTROL AT THIS HOUR. THAT FIRE BURNED FOR ABOUT 18 HOURS. IT WAS FIRST REPORTED AT 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT AND ROCKY MOUNT RECYCLERS ON HALIFAX ROAD. WR IS HIDING. KIRK HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY FOR US ALL DAY. SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE SCENE. HEIDI, WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS VIRUS? >> WELL, JERROLD, ASHLEY, WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 08:00AM. THIS MORNING. IT'S QUITE A DIFFERENT SCENE THAN WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED MANY HOURS AGO. IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK BACK THIS WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT FIRE IS STILL SMOKING BACK THERE. BUT IT IS NOT THE BURNED THAT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO CONTROL. AND IN FACT, YOU CAN STILL SMELL THAT SMOKE AS WE STAND HERE. NOW, WE DID JUST RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE LAST FEW MOMENTS AND WHAT THEY TOLD US IS THAT THE FIRE IS ABOUT 85% CONTAINED, BUT IT IS COMPLETELY CONTROLLED. NOW, THE CHIEF SAID THERE WERE NO FATALITIES AND NO RISK OF ANY TALKS. AND AT THIS TIME, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK NEARBY CALLED THE SHOCKED THAT IT HAPPENED SO CLOSE TO HOME. >> I WAS MORE SO SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT IT WAS SO CLOSE. >> NEAR WOW WAS NEAR WHILE WE'RE LIKE, WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A WAREHOUSE HEADED NOW IN THE FLAMES. YOU KNOW, GOT CRAZY. SO. IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS A CRAZY SMEAR. >> NOW, OF COURSE, THE BIG QUESTION HERE IS HOW EXACTLY DID THIS FIRE HAPPENED AT THIS HOUR? THEY ARE CURRENTLY INVESTING DATING THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU

Debris fire at Rocky Mount recycling plant  

Debris fire at recycling plant 

Severe storms rolled throught the Triangle Tuesday afternoon, leaving more than 90,000 people in the Triangle without power and down trees in several areas. WRAL News had full-team coverage from the hardest-hit areas.

Severe storms cause extensive damage throughout the Triangle (8/15/2023)

On Tuesday, there were several trees down on Creedmoor Road in Wake County.

EVENING AND WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS WEATHER THE ENTIRE EVENING WAS WHEN I HAVE BEEN WE'RE STANDING HERE 2 HOURS AGO, WE COULD HEAR THE THUNDER AND THE RAIN COMING OVER OUR STATION AND WE CAN STILL HEAR THAT TODAY. WE WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MILES PER BUT THE SOME 60 MILES PER HOUR, BUT CERTAINLY STRONG ENOUGH TO DO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH THESE TREES BEING TOPPLED. MATT TALHELM IS ON CREEDMORE ROAD IN WAKE COUNTY WHERE MULTIPLE TREES ARE DOWN. MATT. YEAH, AND THEY'RE DOWN AND DOWN ON POWER LINES. WANT TO SHOW YOU A LONG CREEDMORE ROAD HERE. THE SITUATION WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS TREE FELL ON TOP OF THE POWER LINES, BROUGHT THAT DOWN. >> AND CAR. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR THAT THUNDER. WE'RE GOING TO GET INSIDE AND SECONDS SPIRIT A LITTLE BIT SAFER. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT CAR HAD THE POWER LINES THAT FELL DOWN ON TOP OF IT. WE'RE TOLD EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT, OK? BUT THE WHOLE WAY ALONG CREEDMORE ROAD HERE UP TO OLD WEAVER TRAIL ROAD. >> THIS IS ALL CLOSED OFF BECAUSE CREWS ARE OUT HERE DEALING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPOTS WHERE THEY HAVE TREES DOWN THAT BROUGHT DOWN THESE POWER LINES WERE TOLD IT WILL BE AT LEAST 2 TO 3 HOURS BEFORE. >> THE POWER CREWS CAN GET OUT HERE AND START WORKING TO CLEAN ALL OF THIS UP. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN THAT WAY RIGHT NOW. BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT REPAIR DOWN THERE. BUT THEY AND C DOT HAS A CREW OUT HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO CHOP DOWN SOME OF THESE TREES, CUT THEM UP, GET THEM OFF THESE POWER LINES AND THE ROADS. ONCE THESE WIRES OR NOT LIVE ANYMORE. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE 2 TO 3 HOURS, ALL OF CREEDMORE ROAD IS CLOSED BASICALLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF FALLS LAKE ALL THE WAY UP TO OLD WEAVER TRAIL HERE JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF CREEDMORE. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ABOUT 250 PEOPLE COME PEOPLE WERE WITHOUT POWER IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THESE DOWNED POWER LINES. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN STARTING TO FALL. THAT THUNDER AND SOME LIGHTNING. SO WE'RE GOING TO YES, WE CAN HEAR IT. A VERY

Multiple trees down on Creedmoor Road in Wake County

On Tuesday, a tree fell on a home on Kingsland Drive in Ralegh.

UNDER FLASH FLOOD WARNING. FLASH FLOOD WARNING. OKAY. >> YOU KNOW, AND BUT AGAIN, WE KEEP MENTIONING ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SAID, LET'S GO TO RALEIGH NOW. OUR DESTINY PATTERSON, IS THERE. >> THIS IS LEESVILLE ROAD RIGHT NEAR LEESVILLE ROAD HIGH SCHOOL HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, MORE FALLEN TREES. GIVE US GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF THE DAMAGE THERE. >> WELL, LIKE YOU SAID, DEFINITELY FALLEN TREES AND DAMAGED HOME RIGHT BEHIND ME. THE RAIN IS STARTING TO PICK BACK UP AGAIN. IT'S BEEN ON AND OFF SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. IF YOU FOLLOW ME THIS WAY, YOU CAN SEE THIS TREE HERE. THIS LARGE TREE. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR THIS THUNDER. IT SNAPPED RIGHT NEAR ITS ROUTE AND THEN IT ENDED UP ON THIS HOME RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT DAMAGE THERE TO THE ROOF. AND I TALKED TO THE HOMEOWNER HERE AND HE SAYS THAT HE IS GLAD THAT THIS WASN'T WORSE. HE SAID THAT HE WENT UP TO THE ATTIC TO SURVEY AT HIMSELF AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT ACTUALLY PUNCTURED THROUGH THE ROOF. BUT DEFINITELY SOME DAMAGE THERE. HE SAYS THAT HE WILL BE WORKING WITH HIS INSURANCE COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY THERE. WHEN WE WERE DRIVING AROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ACTUALLY SAW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WALKING WITH THEIR DOGS AND ALSO PICKING UP THE DEBRIS FROM THEIR FRONT YARDS, FALLEN TREES, TWIGS WORKING TO CLEAN UP AFTER THIS STORM. SO WE WILL STAY OUT HERE. KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE TALKED TO THIS HOME OWNERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO HERE, GOING

Tree falls on Kingsland Drive home in Raleigh

The eastbound portion of I-440 near Six Forks Road has been resurfaced after drivers complained of old asphalt and uneven lanes. The total project will cost about $26 million.

GET CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON ANY ELEMENT OF THE STORY YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED. THANK YOU, CHRIS. CHANCES ARE AT SOME POINT YOU'VE DRIVEN THIS BUMPY UNEVEN STRETCH OF I-FOUR 14. 0, 6, FORKS ROAD BEFORE WAS REPAIRED. CREWS RECENTLY FINISHED REPAVING PART OF IT. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW IN THIS VIDEO FROM SKY 5 ONLY ON WRAL, THE DOT NOW CONFIRMS THE DOZENS OF DRIVERS WHO FILED COMPLAINTS ABOUT DAMAGE TO THEIR CARS, SOME LOOSE GRAVEL AND OTHER ISSUES ALONG THAT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. WE'LL GET THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. WR AS MARK BOYLE FILED A CLAIM AND WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO HEARD THE GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK. >> LOOSE GRAVEL AND ROCKS LIKE THIS ALL UP AND DOWN FOR 40, CAUSING A MAJOR HEADACHE FOR DRIVERS, DRIVERS ASKED FOR HELP FROM THE DOT. THEY WERE TOLD NO, BUT NOW THE STORY IS DIFFERENT. >> FROM SKY 5, THIS IS WHAT THE BELT LINE LOOKS LIKE NOW. MOSTLY PAVED MOSTLY FREE FROM ROCKS AND DEBRIS, AT LEAST ON THE EAST SIDE. BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE MONTHS AGO, CHOPPED UP ASPHALT, UNEVEN LANES AND A LIST OF DRIVERS COMPLAINTS. DAN CAHILL SWORE OFF DRIVING ALTOGETHER BETWEEN LAKE BOONE AND 6 FORKS UNTIL THE REPAVING WAS COMPLETED AFTER ROCKS DAMAGED HIS CARS. I APPRECIATE THEM TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. THE DOT CONFIRMED TO WRAL EARLIER THIS YEAR. THERE WERE DOZENS OF DENIED CLAIMS. THEN RECENTLY THE DOT DECIDED TO RECONSIDER THOSE CLAIMS DUE TO THE CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD AND DRIVERS WILL GET THEIR CASH AFTER ALL. AND THOSE CLAIMS ADD UP SOME NEARLY $2000. EACH. SO WHY THE DENIALS AND THEN THE APPROVALS? WELL, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DOT TELLS ME WE EXPERIENCED A CLEAR SPIKE IN REPORTS OF POTENTIAL DAMAGE FROM LOOSE ROADWAY. DEBRIS ON INTERSTATE 4.40, BETWEEN GLENWOOD AVENUE IN 6 FORKS ROAD STARTING JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS TWENTY-TWENTY TO THESE CONDITIONS WERE MOST HEAVILY REPORTED DURING NOTABLE COLD PERIODS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SUGGESTING THIS WAS UNLIKELY A COINCIDENCE CAHILL LIKE OTHERS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON NEW PAINT. A NEW WINDSHIELD. BUT NOW SOME DRIVERS WILL FINALLY BE GETTING THE RELIEF THEY WERE AFTER IN THE FIRST PLACE. I THINK IN OUR FAMILY ALONE, IT'S AT LEAST 3 VEHICLES OF THAT. >> SHIFTING CRACKED WINDSHIELD AND ABOUT MY BOYS HAVE GOT TRUCKS AS WELL WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO COME OUT OF POCKET AND REPLACES OR MAYBE I DID THE RESURFACING PROJECT BETWEEN LAKE BOONE AND WAKE FOREST ROAD HAS A PRICE TAG OF ABOUT 26 MILLION DOLLARS. THE EASTBOUND LANES HAVE BEEN FIXED AND THE REPAVING ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN A FEW MONTHS. >> MARK BOYLE, WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH. SO IF YOU HAVE DAMAGE TO YOUR CAR FROM DRIVING THAT STRETCH OF THE BELT LINE AND YOU WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT. >> GO TO NC, DOT, DOT, DOT,

Dozens of drivers reimbursed for damage to vehicles on I-440

Dozens of drivers reimbursed for car damage along I-440

I-440

Volunteers, cleanup groups and concerned citizens are helping clean up part of the Outer Banks after two homes collapsed in Rodanthe.

Cleanup crews from other states come to Outer Banks after homes destroyed in Rodanthe

Volunteers help clean up debris

A big operation is underway is currently underway on the Neuse River, with every access point is closed because of log jams and crews are working to fix that.



'It is not safe for anyone:' Log removal underway on the Neuse River 

Log clearing underway along the Neuse River

A big operation is underway is currently underway on the Neuse River, with every access point closed because of log jams. 



INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE RING. WE WILL SEE IF HE WILL WIN. >>> BIG OPERATION IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW ON THE NEWS RIVER. EVERY ACCESS POINT IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF LOG JAMS AND CREWS ARE WORKING TO FIX THAT. WRAL EXPLAINS HOW DEBRIS CAN QUICKLY TURN DEADLY. >> Reporter: SORRY KAYAKERS, THE NEWS RIVER IS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF LOG JAMS AND DEBRIS IN THE WATER. >> A COUPLE OF CRANES ARE OUT THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE. PEOPLE WITH CHAINSAWS, ROPES DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO REMOVE IT. >> Reporter: CAMILLE WARREN IS TALKING ABOUT LARGE ACCUMULATIONS OF LOGS, BRANCHES AND SAND UNDER THE HIGHWAY 64 BRIDGE AND CREATING A DIFFICULT SITUATION. >> THE FORCE IN THE WATER CAN PULL YOU UNDER, GET YOU ENTANGLED IN THAT IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU CAN'T PULL YOURSELF BACK OUT. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR ANYBODY TO BE ON THE RIVER. YOU CAN DIE. >> Reporter: THE CITY OF RALEIGH IS WORKING WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE THE BUILD UP OF DEBRIS TO MAKE THE WATERS SAFE AGAIN. WARREN IS HAPPY THAT SOMETHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. >> THE COMPLAINTS WERE BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT REMOVING IT. AND NOW WE ARE JUST EXCITED AND CELEBRATING THAT IT'S BEING REMOVED. IT MEANS WE CAN PADDLE THE NEWS RIVER AGAIN. >> Reporter: WARREN'S HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, THAT OFFICIALS DO FREQUENT TRIPS DOWN THE RIVER TO CATCH ISSUES LIKE THESE EARLY. >> WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE CAROLINA KAYAK CLUB? WRAL NEWS. >> KAYAKERS, HOLD ON, HELP IS ON THE WAY. THE CITY SAYS THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE RAILROAD COMPANY TO REMOVE MULTIPLE LOG JAMS AT RIVER ACCESS POINTS AND WILL POST UPDATES AS PROGRESS

Crew working to clear log jams, debris in the Neuse River

Debris from a United Airlines flight broke off and landed near Denver on Saturday.

15 MINUTES. >> I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME. THANKS ZACH. >>> NOW TO THE EXPLOSION IN COLORADO THAT SENT AIRPLANE PARTS FALLING FROM THE SKY. A BOEING 777 BOUND FOR HAWAII HAD MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE TODAY. THIS HERE IS VIDEO OF PARTS OF THE PLANE THAT FELL OFF, RAINING DOWN ON A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. TOM COSTELLO HAS THE REST. >> Reporter: THE VIDEO FROM ON BOARD UNITED FLIGHT 328 TERRIFYING. THE RIGHT ENGINE ON FIRE. MOST OF THE COVERING GONE. ON THE GROUND, SHRAPNEL AND WHAT APPEAR TO BE THE ENGINE COVERING IN THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME IN BROOMFIELD. IT WAS JUST AFTER 1:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN TIME WHEN THE PILOT ON THE TRIPLE 7 FLYING FROM DENVER TO HONOLULU WITH 241 PEOPLE ON BOARD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. >> MAY DAY, MAY DAY, UNITED 28. UNITED 328. HEAVY MAY DAY MAY DAY. UNITED DENVER, DEPARTURE UNITED 328. HEAVY MAYDAY. JUST EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE. >> Reporter: ON THE GROUND, WITNESSES HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SAW A PUFF OF SMOKE AS DEBRIS BEGAN FALLING FROM THE SKY. >> WE HEARD THE BOOM, LOOKED UP, SAW STUFF RAINING DOWN FROM THE SKY SO WE TOOK SHELTER. >> Reporter: UNITED SAYS THE PLANE EXPERIENCED A RARE UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE WHERE THE ENGINE FAILS AND EXPLODES RATHER THAN CONTAINING THE FAILURE. DESPITE WIDESPREAD DEBRIS, NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS HIT. >> REMARKABLY, NO INJURIES. THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND HOW FAR IT STRETCHES, THE DOG PARK IS RIGHT HERE, THE TURF FIELD. BEHIND ME. AND WE HAVE HAD NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES. >> Reporter: THE INCIDENT DRAWING PARALLEL TO AN UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE THREE YEARS AGO ON A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THAT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN PHILADELPHIA. ONE PASSENGER WAS KILLED WHEN THE SHRAPNEL PUNCTURED HER WINDOW PULLING HER FROM HER SEAT. TODAY, NO INJURIES, THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG. >> I KNOW NTSB IS ALREADY MOBILIZING SO THEY, AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY CAN PROVIDE RIGHT AWAY INFORMATION AS THEY PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAS HAPPENED. >> ONCE AGAIN REMARKABLE, NO MAJOR INJURIES THERE.

Plane debris breaks off and falls near Denver

It's been two months since a tornado tore through parts of Wake County. One resident still has storm debris in front of her home and can't get it removed.

Zebulon homeowner upset with piles of storm debris still around

Tornado storm debris still at Zebulon woman's home

The debris Hurricane Florence left behind had to go somewhere, and much of it ended up in the water.

Crews work to remove debris from Hurricane Florence

The debris Hurricane Florence left behind had to go somewhere, and much of it ended up in the water. Some settled along the coastline, other still floats in the water.  Now an effort led by the North Carolina Coastal Federation is making a difference. 