Evacuate or stay indoors
Step by step when officials tell you to leave or to stay inside, from what to take to sealing a room.
Evacuate or stay inside
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Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger.
Then do what officials tell you: leave, or stay inside. Sometimes staying is safer, sometimes leaving is.
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