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Officials: No emergency when nuke plant siren sounded off

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Huntersville firefighters were called to Duke Energy's McGuire Nuclear Station siren location on Ervine Cook Road Wednesday when a siren sounded off.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management sent out an alert saying it was a false alarm.

On May 8, a malfunction also caused the siren to go off.
 
Duke Energy officials said the system that controls the siren wasn't working properly.

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