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Oklahoma Hazmat Incident Displaces Hundreds, Injures Dozens

Officials are still investigating the leak of anhydrous ammonia from a truck parked behind a hotel in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma Hazmat Incident Displaces Hundreds, Injures Dozens
The scene of an ammonia spill at the Holiday Inn Express in Weatherford, Okla. on Nov. 13, 2025. AP Photo/Alonzo Adams
Michael Clements
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Hundreds were evacuated from their homes and 36 were injured—at least four critically—but no fatalities were reported, after a chemical spill occurred in Weatherford, Oklahoma, late Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Most of the 500 to 600 people who went to a shelter overnight following the spill were allowed to return to their homes on Thursday, according to Weatherford Police Chief Angelo Orefice.

Michael Clements
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