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| Explosives alert closes US port | Explosives alert closes US port |
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| Officials in Morehead City in the US state of North Carolina have shut a major port after containers carrying explosive material were punctured. | Officials in Morehead City in the US state of North Carolina have shut a major port after containers carrying explosive material were punctured. |
| Police have told people to evacuate the area. Some are said to be leaving. | Police have told people to evacuate the area. Some are said to be leaving. |
| Morehead City Police Chief Wes Lail said the chemical involved was pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) - a powerful explosive. | Morehead City Police Chief Wes Lail said the chemical involved was pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) - a powerful explosive. |
| The Morehead port - one of the deepest on the US East coast - is a major entry point for commodities. | |
| The cause of Tuesday's incident was not immediately clear. | |
| A police spokesman told Reuters news agency: "As a precaution, they have evacuated the port area... everything indicates this was by accident." | |
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