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What to know about xylene, other chemicals reported inside East Akron chemical fire
East Akron residents in the half-mile around SMB Products were told to evacuate their homes and businesses at 3 p.m. Thursday after a small explosion rang out at the facility. For the previous two hours, a fire had blazed at the 1081 Rosemary Blvd. property, which is zoned for light assembly and manufacturing. As smoke towered into the sky, inside, chemicals burned, "creating an unsafe hazmat situation," the City of Akron stated in a news release....
Groups exchange gunfire at apartment complex, 1 hurt
The Akron Police Department is investigating a shooting at an apartment complex that injured an 18-year-old woman. It happened in the parking lot of Spring Hill Apartments in the 1200 block of Everton Drive just after 4:30 Thursday afternoon.
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