Food Plant Fires Are Suspect
In all of 2021, there were approximately 10 plant fires or destructive “incidents.” In 2022, that number jumped to 87. EIGHTY-SEVEN!
That’s a grand total of 97 food manufacturing facilities destroyed by fire in 2021-2022 alone.
Were the majority of these plants–a full 85-90%–destroyed intentionally?
I don’t have to don my Nancy Drew hat to riddle that one. Every year, there are roughly six to 12 food manufacturing “destruction events” that take place. It’s just the nature of the steel beast in manufacturing. Think about it: High voltage electricity, concentrated tanks of ammonia for cooling/freezing, gas lines everywhere, fork trucks that run on propane and for the ones that run on batteries, those bad boys weigh upwards of 1/2 ton apiece and when they explode, you will pray to your personal savior to spare you.
Danger abounds, which is why OSHA and plant safety managers have a job.