The string of fires that appear to be sabotage operations targeting food processing facilities is surprisingly lengthy. Our research team has meticulously documented the reports and sources for nearly 100 such fires that have been reported across the USA from early 2020 to the present day. This list is presented in chronological order.
October 10, 2020
- Three people suffered minor injuries and several homes were evacuated due to a large fire at a meatpacking plant in Utah.
- The fire started in the roof of the Hemingway Meat Locker Plant, in the area of East Andrews and South Main streets. The fire caused major damage to the building, with about 60 percent of the roof being burned.
Riceland Foods, Stuttgart, Arkansas
- a soybean storage bin caught fire while crews were cleaning out bins.
- The fire also spread to the plant's water treatment facility next to the grain bins.- The Kellogg location in Memphis makes breakfast foods.
Firedamages at a meat processor
- Patak Meat Products, a family-owned meat processor, suffered a major fire at its facility in Cobb County, Georgia.
- The company has been producing a wide range of Old World favorites and other meat products since 1981.
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- JBS Meat Processing Plant, Grand Island, Nebraska
- The fire did not impact primary production areas and no one was injured.
- Darigold Food Processing Plant in Caldwell, Idaho was badly damaged in a fire
- Greenberg Smoked Turkey, Inc. in Tyler, Texas halted all of its smoked turkey production for the rest of 2020 after a fire and at least two explosions destroyed parts of the facility
- Maid-Rite Steak Company in Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
- A food processing plant in San Antonio, Texas suffered smoke damage
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- Approximately 75 percent of the 80,000-square-foot freeze-drying facility of the Van Drunen Farms Tuthill production site was considered a “total loss” by the company.
- The mill was taken offline while the incident is investigated by Sanderson Farms’ safety team.
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- An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant in North Carolina forced thousands of people to evacuate.
- At least 90 firefighters fought the fire for about 90 minutes after it was discovered at a loading dock, but the risk of an explosion forced them to retreat.
- In California, a blaze at a walnut processing plant destroyed an entire building and caused it to collapse.
Louis Dreyfus Company
- A fire broke out in a bag house at its Claypool, Indiana, soybean processing and biodiesel plant on February 16, 2022. The roof of the commercial building partially collapsed during the fire, but there was no damage to any other buildings.
The Claypool plant has capacity to crush 175,000 bushels of soybeans a day and has been running 92 percent of that as actual crush capacity recently.
- The suspension of deliveries slowed production of soymeal and biodiesel at a time of high demand. The plant employs 400 people at full capacity and supplies much of the western U.S. with potato and corn chips.
Two firefighters were hurt battling the four-alarm blaze.
- Penobscot McCrum potato processing plant in Belfast, Maine
- Maricopa Food Pantry in Arizona destroyed 50,000 pounds of food
- Rio Fresh in Texas suffered significant damage to a large portion of its fresh onion packing facilities
East Conway Beef & Pork, Conway, New Hampshire
- Flames engulfed the building and the fire fighters were not able to save any of it.
- A plane crashed into an Idaho potato and food processing plant. The pilot was the only person in the plane and died during the crash.
Azure Standard Headquarters, Dufur, Oregon
- The headquarters of Azure Standard, the nation's premier independent distributor of organic and healthy food, was destroyed by fire overnight. No injuries were reported.
- A fire at a fertilizer company in western Kansas prompted evacuations because hazardous materials were involved.
General Mills, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- A twin-engine Cessna crashed into several semi trailers at a remote part of the cereal plant, killing two people.
- About six trailers that were parked together and believed to be mostly empty caught fire and were damaged after the crash.
HORMEL FOODS FACILITY, Suffolk, Virginia
- Steam and smoke were visible near a spot where a vent stack makes contact with the roof, and thermal imaging confirmed high heat below their position.
- No firefighters were injured during the response. The Suffolk Department of Fire & Rescue Fire Marshal's Office is looking into the cause of the fire.
Hormel's Suffolk plant manufactures Planter's products
- The company acquired the location as part of its 2021 acquisition of Kraft Heinz’s nuts business
- A soybean processing tank caught fire at the Perdue Farms plant in Chesapeake, West Virginia
- No injuries were reported, but $30,000 in damages were reported.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-06-22-food-facility-fires-report-full-list.html
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