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4-alarm fire erupts at Mt. Vernon chemical warehouse

Mount Vernon residents were told to shut their windows Friday night after a nearby chemical warehouse burst into flames. The four-alarm fire at the KEM Chemical Corporation plant broke out around 7:30

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Mar 29, 2008, 9:04 AM

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