Chemical incident declared at Chemours chemical plant in Belle, West Virginia

County officials in Belle, West Virginia, have declared a shelter-in-place order for residents within a 2-mile (3.2-km)radius of the Chemours Company plant after a "chemical incident" was reported.

The U.S. National Weather Service said the warning covered all residents from Burning Springs to the Chelyan bridge on the Belle side of the Kanawha river and west city limits of Marmet to Chelyan bridge.