DANVILLE, Va. — About two dozen homes have been evacuated and two firefighters taken to the hospital after toxic fumes were released from a chemical spill on a highway in southern Virginia.Danville city spokesman Arnold Hendrix says the smoking packages of magnesium phosphide were reported around 11:40 a.m. The product is used to fumigate local tobacco warehouses for rodent control.Read More...

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