Bladen County joins the list of counties opening emergency shelters
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Bladen County is activating its Emergency Operations Center on Wednesday night and opening shelters at three locations.
The shelters will open at 6:00 p.m. at the following locations:
- West Bladen High School at 1600 NC 410 Hwy, Bladenboro
- East Arcadia Primary School at 21451 NC Hwy, East Arcadia
- Centerville Baptist Church at 18577 NC 53 Hwy, Kelly
West Bladen is the only shelter that will allow pets.
Backup preparations should be made for any oxygen concentrators or medical devices dependent on power for a minimum of 48 hours, in case of an outage.
Columbus County is opening four shelters on Wednesday.
Pender and Brunswick counties are also opening emergency shelters.
