on account of/due to

navi tasan

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Are the following correct and meaningful?

1) They had to leave their house on account of fumigation.
2) The house had to be evacuated on account of fumigation.
3) They had to leave their house due to fumigation.
4) The house had to be evacuated due to fumigation.

I have heard 'on account of bad weather' and 'due to bad weather'. But bad weather is something natural that is not planned. I was wondering if 'due to' and 'on account of' would work in the case of something like 'fumigation' which is planned and executed by humans.
 

Tarheel

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Those are okay I guess, but I would suggest:

They had to leave the house because the pest control people were coming by to fumigate the place.
 
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