RALEIGH -- A federal judge has given his final approval to a settlement that will compensate residents and businesses evacuated after the explosion at a hazardous waste warehouse in Apex three years ago.
Under the settlement, EQ Industrial Services and two other companies will pay up to $7.85 million to settle the class-action suit. They agree to pay $750 to each household that evacuated following the explosion and up to $2,200 to each business that was forced to close.
Households and business owners have until Oct. 20 to file a claim. Claims forms were mailed to each address in the evacuation zones and are available at www.apexfiresettlement.com.
As many as 15,000 residents were forced or encouraged to leave their homes after the EQ warehouse exploded on the night of Oct. 5, 2006. The inferno sent fireballs into the air and a pungent cloud of smoke and chemicals through nearby neighborhoods.
The settlement includes $2.9 million in plaintiffs’ attorneys fees and another $322,000 in expenses. The town could receive up to $85,000 for equipment and training.
U.S. District Court Judge Earl Britt approved a preliminary version of the settlement in July and gave his final blessing this morning after a hearing. No one objected to the settlement at the hearing.
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The N.C. State Fair opens at 3 p.m. today and roadways will be
congested in West Raleigh. If recent years provide any insight,
officials can expect more than 800,000 people to stroll through the
gates. 
Commuters who live or work in eastern Wake County will have new travel
options when rush-hour express buses start rolling later this month to
connect Zebulon and Wendell with WakeMed and downtown Raleigh. 
In June, Michael Phillips planted some seeds. In August, he began
cutting. Last month, he unveiled his memorial: Kay Yow meticulously
rendered in a swath of tall stalks and bumpy pathways. 
A showdown is looming between old and new Wake County school board
members over whether to build Forest Ridge High School in northeast
Raleigh. 
A group of 50 people gathered Tuesday in front of the Wake County
Courthouse to honor and remember Jammie Shantel Street, who was shot to
death outside her children's day care. 
A local homebuilder has been named "The Ultimate Volunteer" by ABC
television's "The View" for inspiring builders in North Carolina and
across the country to construct as many as 1,000 homes for Habitat for
Humanity since 2002. 
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