Resource Articles reporting all fires mentioned in the video

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1. Azure Standard HQ Destroyed by fire. APRIL 2022:  Oils, honey, and vinegars will all be temporarily impacted as a result. The fire was brought under control before destroying the rest of the facility. https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/fire-destroys-azure-standard-headquarter-facility/article_7df4657c-c03e-11ec-a8c2-5f88e266c6db.html 

 2. Taylor Fresh Foods: Salinas, CA: April 13th. Plant will be down for at least one year. the plant at 1207 Abbott Street had been closed for the winter season, and the company was in the process of preparing it for the seasonal move to Salinas. https://www.producebluebook.com/2022/04/14/fire-severely-damages-taylor-farms-salinas-plant/    

3. Rio Fresh Inc: March 31st 2022: San Juan TX Fire severely damages the company’s fresh onion packing facility https://www.producebluebook.com/2022/04/01/rio-freshs-onion-warehouse-damaged-in-fire/#modal    

4.Nestle Food Plant Fire: Jonesboro, Ark: March 16, 2022: https://www.kait8.com/2022/03/16/crews-respond-fire-nestle/  

5. Penobscot Mcrum Potato processing facility in Belfast Maine: https://www.wmtw.com/article/large-fire-maine-potato-processing-plant/39523246# 

 6. Maricopa Food Pantry: Food Bank in Maricopa county loses nearly 40,000 lbs of food in a fire. Cause speculated to be a fryolator:  in Late March 2022 https://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/maricopa/maricopa-food-pantry-burns-in-fire-losing-40-000lbs-of-food 

 7. Winston Weaver Fertilizer plant: NC Feb 1st 2022: 600 Tons of mixed fertilizer materials destroyed. https://www.npr.org/2022/02/02/1077713303/explosion-fears-remain-as-north-carolina-fertilizer-plant-burns-for-a-third-day  

8. Nutrien AG Solutions : Feb 28, 2022: The Storage building contained 1.75 million pounds of mixed components for fertilizers.  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   

 9. Wisconsin River Meats: Mauston, Wi: Early February 2022: No info released on the cause https://www.nbc15.com/2022/02/03/portion-wisconsin-river-meats-plant-total-loss-after-overnight-blaze/  

10. Shearer’s plant: Feb 22nd, 2022: Umatilla county , OR: Explosion causes fire. They supply much of the western U.S with potato and corn chips https://www.nbcrightnow.com/explosion-reported-at-shearers-foods-in-hermiston/video_4cbc44ca-943d-11ec-a54f-6391971c2fa8.html   

11. Louis Dreyfus Company: Feb 16, 2022: Claypool Indiana: Fire Breaks out suspending deliveries. This is LDC’s largest integrated soybean and biodiesel processing plant in the United States. Cause of the fire undetermined. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/louis-dreyfus-reports-fire-largest-us-soy-processing-plant-2022-02-16/  

12. Poultry Food processing plant Hamilton Mountain: Jan 2022: Multi Alarm fire: Possible arson but cause officially unknown. Fire Chief Dave Cunliffe says a cleaning crew working inside a poultry processing plant contacted 911 after they spotted the fire. Damage in the millions.  Highland Poultry Fine Foods Ltd https://globalnews.ca/news/8495136/fire-industrial-building-hamilton-mountain/  13. Deli Star meat Plant: January 2021 https://fox2now.com/video/deli-star-corp-plans-to-rebuild-after-fire-destroys-st-clair-county-meat-plant/6190481/   

14. Cagrill-Nutrena Plant: Lecompte Feed Mill: January 13 2022 at 4:30am: Explosion while firefighters were in the building fighting the flames. https://www.kalb.com/2022/01/13/fire-breaks-out-lecompte-area-feed-mill/  

15. San Antonio Food processing plant: 12/2021: Estimated 100,000 in damage: Mostly food. https://www.ktsa.com/fire-causes-over-100000-in-damages-at-san-antonio-food-processing-plant/  16. Maid Rite Steak Company: Scott Township PA: 11/2021: Multiple Explosions rocked the ground: Cause of the fire determined to be an accident. https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/fire-erupts-at-meat-processing-facility-in-lackawanna-county/523-c08b77a3-8a64-4d4b-aed8-45de6e71352b 

 17. JBS USA: 9/2021: Nebraska:  Fire was brought under control and caused temporary shut down. Reuters reported that this brought concerns over the fact that there are a limited number of large meat facilities that could seriously disrupt food supply chain if disruptions occur. JBS  Slaughters about 5% of US cattle. https://www.reuters.com/business/jbs-plans-reopen-nebraska-beef-plant-damaged-fire-2021-09-13/ 

 18. Tyson Poultry: Hanceville, AL: July 2021: https://www.wvtm13.com/article/large-fire-at-tyson-plant-in-hanceville-alabama/37184499 Prior to the fire the plant was the largest poultry rendering plant in the world. Processing about 2 Billion lbs of poultry products a year. The cost of rebuilding is estimated at $200 million. https://www.powderbulksolids.com/food-beverage/tyson-invests-200m-replace-plant-destroyed-fire 

 19. Kellogg Company: Memphis, TN: July 2021: 3 alarm fire at Kellogg Company. Cause was determined to be accidental. A conveyor belt may have malfunctioned and ignited combustibles in a rice dryer machine. https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/memphis-fire-department-response-3rd-alarm-fire-kellogs-factory/R3SVZZ6NBRBSHMXHZPUTFTQMNY/ 

 20. Smithfield Foods: Monmouth, ILL: April 2021: https://www.wgil.com/2021/04/30/several-area-departments-respond-to-fire-at-smithfield-foods/ 

 21. Tyson Foods: Holcomb, KA: Aug 9th,,2019. One of only 7 plants in the U.S that can harvest over 6,000 cattle per day. According to Meat & Poultry Website, The last large fire to a meat slaughter facility was 19 years prior on 12/26/2000 when the ConAgra Beef company in Garden City, KA beef processing plant was seriously damaged by fire and never reopened. https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/22036-the-smoldering-impact-of-tyson-holcomb-fire