evacuation

Two people were seriously injured after being overtaken by some type of gas inside the plant in Maine.

Nineteen people were evacuated from a rooming house in Edmundston Thursday night while city police investigated what they described as a "possible clandestine drug lab" on the premises.

More than 60 people were evacuated from the Riverside Court retirement home in Upper Woodstock Friday morning after a small fire triggered a smoke alarm.

A team from the Canadian Red Cross is supporting the Village of Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, where a state of local emergency was declared Saturday evening and a mandatory evacuation was ordered for about 175 residents in low-lying areas due to ice jams and the risk of flash flooding. Other village residents were encouraged to voluntarily evacuate.

Over 200 people in Perth-Andover have been evacuated as a 2 ½ mile long ice jam along the Saint John River has brought water levels close to flood stage.

A quick response by the Woodstock Fire Department saved a downtown restaurant and an adjacent boarding house from any significant damage.

A building on Aberdeen Street in Campbellton, N.B.  was evacuated as a precaution Wednesday morning after the discovery of a suspicious package.

Students and staff at Woodstock High School were evacuated Tuesday morning after smoke started drifting through the building.