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MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — Officials lifted a voluntary evacuation order and opened roads late Tuesday around a busy North Carolina port that remained closed after a forklift operator accidentally punctured containers of an explosive.
Workers were cleaning the spill of pentaerythritol tetranitrate. None of the highly explosive substance got into the adjacent water at the port of Morehead City, officials said. Port police knew the shipment of PETN was coming from overseas and had extra security in place, Morehead City Fire Chief Wes Lail said. No injuries were reported.
