Updated
Updated · WDTV · Jul 22
Upshur County Orders Immediate Evacuation for 6 Buckhannon Streets Over Hazardous Conditions
Updated
Updated · WDTV · Jul 22

Upshur County Orders Immediate Evacuation for 6 Buckhannon Streets Over Hazardous Conditions

3 articles · Updated · WDTV · Jul 22

Summary

  • Upshur County DHSEM told residents on 1st through 5th streets and Cleveland Avenue in Buckhannon to leave immediately as conditions rapidly worsened.
  • A temporary emergency shelter was opened at the Church of the Nazarene, 192 Zicks Run, for evacuees from the affected area.
  • The order covers six streets in Buckhannon and was issued as an urgent public safety measure, though officials did not specify the hazard in the report.

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