On Saturday morning after the great chemical fire explosion of October 5, 2005 in Apex, NC, the town was literally completely deserted. My photo on the right shows downtown at high noon on Saturday morning after the fire started as downtown has never been seen.I grew up in this small town many years ago and moved away following college and after 36 years moved back four years ago and found a town completely different from the one I moved away from in 1966. When I left the town had approximately 2,500 residents. Now it has over 33,000 and is growing fast. New subdivisions are all around this former small country town and most of the residents are now families of commuters making the daily trek to jobs with corporations located in Research Triangle Park.
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