WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Evacuations are underway in an Oklahoma city after an ammonia gas leak in a hotel parking lot.

Authorities say that a half-full tanker truck was in a Holiday Inn parking lot in the city of Weatherford on Wednesday night when it began to leak. The truck released a large plume of anhydrous ammonia gas, which is often used in fertilizers or as a refrigerant, into the air.

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The issue being faced in the town of 12,000, is the lack of wind to push out the fumes, according to officials on scene.

According to a FOX Forecast Center analysis of data from nearby weather stations, winds have remained lower than 5mph since 11pm on Wednesday, with the hope that gusts may increase Thursday afternoon to 15mph to help clear t

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