TIMELINE OF FIRES IN FOOD PROCESSING & FERTILIZER PLANTS & WAREHOUSES SINCE LAST YEAR

Several Area Departments Respond to Fire At Smithfield Foods in Illinois April 30, 2021 Local News

The cause of a Thursday evening fire in Monmouth is currently under investigation by the Illinois State Fire Marshal.

According to a release from the Monmouth Fire Department, responded at around 6:42 to reports of smoke and flames coming from inside of the Smithfield Foods plant on North 6th Street.

https://www.wgil.com/2021/04/30/several-area-departments-respond-to-fire-at-smithfield-foods/

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Memphis Fire Department responds to 3rd alarm fire at Kellogg’s Company By FOX13Memphis.com News Staff - July 25, 2021 at 8:39 pm CDT

Total damage estimates have not been determined at this time, MFD said.

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/memphis-fire-department-response-3rd-alarm-fire-kellogs-factory/R3SVZZ6NBRBSHMXHZPUTFTQMNY/

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Large fire at Tyson plant in Hanceville, Alabama WVTM 13 Birmingham - Jul 30, 2021

Firefighters on Friday battled a large fire at Tyson's River Valley Ingredients plant in Hanceville, Alabama.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/large-fire-at-tyson-plant-in-hanceville-alabama/vp-AAMLobw

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Crews battle major fire at Cobb County meat company in Atlanta, Georgia Published August 24, 2021

Officials say they were called to a fire at the Patak Meat Product Inc. building on the 4100 block of Ewing Street Monday around 10:30 p.m.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/patak-meat-product-fire-cobb-county

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Fire shuts down Nebraska JBS beef plant September 13, 2021

A fire Sunday evening at the JBS USA beef processing facility in Grand Island, Nebraska halted operations on Monday. The facility processes about 6,000 head of cattle daily. And while the plant was shut down on Monday, JBS, in a statement to Brownfield says they expect to resume operations on Tuesday, pending an ongoing assessment of the situation. The company says the fire did not impact the primary production area.

https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/fire-shuts-down-nebraska-jbs-beef-plant/

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Fire erupts at meat processing facility in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania WNEP Web Staff - Nov 29, 2021

The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the Maid-Rite Steak Company meat processing plant.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fire-erupts-at-meat-processing-facility-in-lackawanna-county/ar-AARgZDO

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Fire causes over $100,000 in damages at San Antonio food processing plant Don Morgan Dec 13, 2021 @ 5:40am

The fire was extinguished quickly but it did over $100,000 in damages. Most of that was due to the amount of food that will have to be thrown out.

No injuries have been reported.

https://www.ktsa.com/fire-causes-over-100000-in-damages-at-san-antonio-food-processing-plant/

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Multiple Alarm Fire At Food Processing Operation On Hamilton Mountain, Ontario, Canada By admin - January 7, 2022

The blaze carried over to locations of the storage unit which contained frozen poultry products and packaging materials. Deputy Fire Chief Welton said there were no injuries and that the Office of the Fire Marshal has been notified. Story continues below advertisement “Dollar loss is expected to be in the multi-million-dollar range,” according to Deputy Fire Chief Welton.

https://thestreetjournal.org/multiple-alarm-fire-at-food-processing-operation-on-hamilton-mountain/

Fire destroys Deli Star meat plant in St. Clair County, Illinois Kim Bell - Jan 12, 2021

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fire-destroys-deli-star-meat-plant-in-st-clair-county/article_1cb75923-5b09-51dd-8a24-aeb0b4fb4e0f.html

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY — People in the village of Fayetteville, Illinois, are under a boil order after a fire late Monday destroyed a meat plant.

Firefighters nearly used up all of the water in the Fayetteville water towers, and the boil order is in effect as a safety measure until the towers can be replenished, probably for the next two days, police Chief Nicholas Mounts said.

The fire destroyed the Deli Star Corporation's meat plant. It is not considered suspicious, Mounts said.

Crews were called to the plant about 10 p.m. Monday and flames were coming from the roof. The plant works around the clock, and the six workers on that shift were able to evacuate safely. No one was hurt in the five-alarm fire.

Mounts said the plant employs about 130 people. The village, about 35 miles southeast of St. Louis, has approximately 400 residents.

Explosion and Fire Reported at Cargill-Nutrena Feed Mill By powderbulksolids.com - January 13, 2022

https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/86338fbcf93686b32525edec9fa7b349-Explosion-and-Fire-Reported-at-CargillNutrena-Feed-Mill

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North Carolina fertilizer plant fire forces thousands to evacuate by Lexi Lonas - February 1, 2022 7:50 PM ET

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/592392-north-carolina-fertilizer-plant-fire-forces-thousands-to-evacuate/

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Wisconsin River Meats says portion of Mauston plant a total loss after fire Posted: February 3, 2022 8:27 AM by Jaymes Langrehr

MAUSTON, Wis. — Wisconsin River Meats is asking people not to come by its plant today as firefighters continue to work on putting out a fire that started overnight.

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The company says it will need some time to transition some of its business and invoicing to its warehouse.

Wisconsin River Meats also says all venison customers’ meat and orders are stored in a separate building and those were not affected by the fire.

https://www.wglr.com/2022/02/03/wisconsin-river-meats-says-portion-of-mauston-plant-a-total-loss-after-fire/

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Photos: Bonanza Meat Co. building fire on Paisano Drive near Downtown El Paso, Texas 11:41 a.m. CST Feb. 15, 2022

https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/local/el-paso/2022/02/15/el-paso-fire-photos-building-paisano-downtown-segundo-barrio/6797160001/

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The Russian Ban On Exporting Fertilizer To America is Going to Hit Your Wallet HARD Joanna Miller - February 21, 2022

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/russian-fertilizer-export-ban/

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7 Injured in Explosion as Fire Engulfs Food Plant at Shearer's Foods in Hermiston, Oregon; Smoke Visible for Miles By Jake Thomas On Feb-22-2022 at 10:01 PM EST

The explosion occurred Tuesday evening at Shearer's Foods in Hermiston, a city in agriculturally rich eastern Oregon. No deaths have been reported from the blast, but the extent of the damage to the plant and its future were not clear. City officials are concerned what the fire could mean for the community and local economy.

"It looks like everything is indicating that it is going to be a big loss, and we don't know what the parent company will decide to do," Hermiston City Manager Byron Smith told The Tri-City Herald. "But we know that 400 people roughly worked there, so it will have a big impact on the community."

In response to the blast, Union Pacific Railroad has closed down traffic on its nearby rail line, according to the sheriff's office. The state department of transportation has also closed off a section of nearby Highway 207. Additionally, residents living south of the explosion in an RV park and two hotels have been told to prepare for a possible evacuation because of air-quality issues caused by the smoke plume.

https://www.newsweek.com/7-injured-explosion-fire-engulfs-food-plant-smoke-visible-miles-1681614

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Explosion causes fire & injurs 7 at Northeast Oregon Shearer’s Foods potato chip plant HERMISTON, Ore. Feb. 23, 2022 8:12 a.m.

The plant supplies much of the Western U.S. with potato and corn chips.

When it’s operating at full capacity, the plant employs up to 400 people, said Hermiston City Manager Byron Smith.

“This is the largest fire our District has seen in the last decade,” Umatilla County Fire District 1 tweeted Tuesday. About 60 firefighters responded to assist at the scene.

According to reports, the cause of the explosion which originated near a boiler is still under investigation.

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/23/explosion-causes-fire-at-oregon-potato-chip-plant/

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No one hurt as fire rages at fertilizer facility, forces evacuations in Sunnyside JOEL DONOFRIO Yakima Herald-Republic - Mar 1, 2022

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/no-one-hurt-as-fire-rages-at-fertilizer-facility-forces-evacuations-in-sunnyside/article_7ba76165-fa09-5277-a7e7-a39fed1aa43e.html

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Walmart distribution center catches fire near Indianapolis, Indiana airport Published March 16, 2022 4:23pm EDT

A Walmart distribution center in Plainfield, Indiana caught fire. The distribution center had over 1,000 employees shipped food and other supplies all over the region. The fire destroyed the massive 1 million square foot operation.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/walmart-distribution-center-fire-indianapolis-airport

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ATF begins on-site investigation into Walmart facility fire in Plainfield https://www.wrtv.com/news/public-safety/atf-begins-on-site-investigation-into-walmart-facility-fire-in-plainfield

Fire shuts down Hot Pockets plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas By Max Brantley On March 17, 2022 2:09 pm

KAIT TV reports on a major fire that has forced closure of the Nestle plant in Jonesboro. The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon and fire crews battled it all night, retreating from a production building at one point because of concerns about structural damage. The plant remains closed today. The plant makes frozen foods, particularly Hot Pockets, a product behind plans for a $100 million expansion announced last year.

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2022/03/17/fire-shuts-down-hot-pockets-plant-in-jonesboro

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Was a “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza” Ravaging the Food Supply on Your 2022 Doomsday Bingo Card? Aden Tate - March 21, 2022

As of right now, at least twelve different states within the US have reported outbreaks of H5N1. Virtually the entire Eastern seaboard has reported cases, and much of the Midwest has as well. Anytime that a farm is found to have a single case, it’s being reported that the current policy is for every single bird on the farm to be culled. We’re currently seeing the exact same strain of H5N1 popping up all over the country right now.

No human cases have been reported in the US at this time, and bird-to-human transmission is said to be incredibly rare for this particular illness. If we look back to 1997, we do see a 50% death rate in human cases, but I personally am of the belief that this human transmission isn’t something to worry about. I believe a larger concern is what this epidemic is going to mean for the American food supply.

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza/

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Fire Ravages McCrum Potato Processing Plant in Belfast, Maine Mark Shaw - Published: March 24, 2022

Penobscot McCrum LLC, which has its roots in an Aroostook County farm family, also has a potato processing facility in Washburn The company processes a variety of potato products, including French fries, potato wedges and baked potato cakes. The Belfast plant employs about 150 people.

https://q961.com/fire-ravages-mccrum-potato-processing-plant-in-belfast-maine/

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