Fire levels meat packing plant

03-24-2008

Cargill meat packing plant in Arkansas burns after welding work on Easter Sunday afternoon; no injuries reported. Plant employed about 800 and was Booneville's largest employer. It produced more than two million pounds of ground beef and steak per week and had just undergone a $40 million expansion.

Read the story at The Associated Press; Chicago Tribune




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