@abcnews Hundreds of people were evacuated and dozens hospitalized after a chemical spill outside Oklahoma City. Authorities say a tanker truck carrying 25,000 pounds of ammonia was leaking while parked outside a Holiday Inn, potentially due to a mechanical failure or faulty seal.
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"Around 500 people were evacuated to the Pioneer Event Center at Southwestern Oklahoma State University."
AP:
[One person who lived near the hotel], spent the night in a parking lot with her boyfriend crammed into their 2013 Ford Mustang with their three dogs — a Husky, a Pit bull and a Shar-Pei-mix, and their cat in a carrier on her lap.She said she was pulling chicken out of the oven Wednesday night when a firefighter in full gear knocked on the door and told her she needed to evacuate. The smell was overwhelming by the time she and her boyfriend got leashes on their three dogs and loaded their pets into their car.
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