Agents known to saboteur and flag... Another US Food Processing Plant Catches Fire, Add This To Growing List https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/why-we-need-to-give-insects-the-role-... Another food processing plant went up in flames last weekend. Add this poultry business in California to the growing list of US food plants that have been knocked offline in the past year due to "accidental fires." Los Angeles-based KTLA reported QC Poultry processing plant in Montebello, California, located just east of East Los Angeles and southwest of San Gabriel Valley, caught fire around 1600 local time Sunday. Firefighters responded to the large industrial plant as heavy smoke billowed from the roof. 🚨Breaking: Another food processing facility has caught on fire ... Getting a little suspicious now ... 🔊 pic.twitter.com/t0gGlFTn95 — Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 30, 2022 "As members [firefighters] began to deploy, the fire was upgraded to a third alarm commercial fire. Firefighters initially took a defensive stance and held the fire from spreading to any other nearby structures," Montebello Fire Department said. The fire was declared "knocked down" by 2000 local time. KTLA said there was no damage to other building structures nearby. The fire's cause is unknown... While the fire seems insignificant, it's part of a much larger issue of a spate of mysterious fires taking out America's food supply chain one by one over the last year. We tallied a list in June of a couple dozen or more food processing plants that have caught fire (find the list here). Some on Twitter questioned if America's food industry is being sabotaged... BREAKING REPORT: Major Fire Breaks Out at ANOTHER FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY, this time in Montebello, California... WTF IS GOING ON? — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) August 30, 2022 On Sunday, a huge fire broke out at a commercial poultry processing plant in Montebello, CA. A week before that, a fire destroyed a Dufur, Oregon vegetable/nut facility. Week before that, a major fire destroyed a meat processing plant in New Hampshire. Coincidence? Nah.. — 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) August 30, 2022 Man-made Famine, Another US food factory fire in the US, poultry processor burns down in Montebello, Ca. Meanwhile, Belgian farmers in the Antwerp area insurrect government buildings, chants of "farmers.” pic.twitter.com/PJeujuJF6y — 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) August 30, 2022 Deym, we really are gonna eat bugs https://t.co/lDo3d06pbU — TradersApprentice (@Trader4lyf) August 30, 2022 ... nothing to see here (story count of "food plant fire" in all media outlets). Remember who wants the world to "eat bugs": The World Economic Forum Another food processing plant went up in flames. According to local news [65]Stevens Point Journal, a fire ripped through a pizza-making plant in Wisconsin on Monday. More than 70 firefighters from multiple fire departments battled a massive fire at Festive Foods in eastern Portage County that began around 0900 local time. The American Red Cross arrived on the scene shortly after to provide food and water to firefighters. They snapped two pictures of the blaze, showing flames erupting from the facility's roof and a column of thick dark smoke pouring into the air. Waupaca manufacturing fire: Red Cross disaster volunteers are canteening for more than 70 firefighters & first responders on the scene of a large manufacturer fire on County Highway D. Additional details here as they're available. [66]pic.twitter.com/HdTT1vvLK1 — American Red Cross of Wisconsin (@RedCrossWIS) [67]June 13, 2022 Firefighters were able to get the blaze under control in the early evening, and damage to the food processing plant has yet to be fully assessed. However, Festive Foods' Facebook page indicates the plant is "temporarily closed." "Today festive foods experienced a heartbreaking event. As many of you have seen in the news we have had a terrible fire run through our plant," a post on Festive Foods' Facebook [68]read. Festive Foods manufactures frozen pizzas for supermarkets in a 120,000 sq. feet facility and considers itself a "leading co-packer of USDA-certified frozen-topped pizza, sandwiches, dough products, and stuffed appetizers." The company sells its products to supermarkets nationwide. [69][IMG] Walmart is a seller of at least one of the company's brands. [70][IMG] While the fire seems insignificant, it's part of a much larger issue of a spate of "[71]accidental fires," one by one, taking out America's food supply chain over the past year (source of the list via [72]The Gateway Pundit): 1. 1/11/21 A fire that destroyed [73]75,000-square-foot processing plant in Fayetteville 2. 4/30/21 A fire ignited inside the [74]Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Monmouth, IL 3. 7/25/21 Three-alarm fire at [75]Kellogg plant in Memphis, 170 emergency personnel responded to the call 4. 7/30/21 Firefighters on Friday battled a large fire at [76]Tyson's River Valley Ingredients plant in Hanceville, Alabama 5. 8/23/21 Fire crews were called to the [77]Patak Meat Production company on Ewing Road in Austell 6. 9/13/21 A fire at the [78]JBS beef plant in Grand Island, Neb., on Sunday night forced a halt to slaughter and fabrication lines 7. 10/13/21 A five-alarm fire ripped through the [79]Darigold butter production plant in Caldwell, ID 8. 11/15/21 A woman is in custody following a fire at the [80]Garrard County Food Pantry 9. 11/29/21 A fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the [81]Maid-Rite Steak Company meat processing plant 10. 12/13/21 [82]West Side food processing plant in San Antonio left with smoke damage after a fire 11. 1/7/22 Damage to a [83]poultry processing plant on Hamilton's Mountain following an overnight fire 12. 1/13/22 Firefighters worked for 12 hours to put a fire out at the [84]Cargill-Nutrena plant in Lecompte, LA 13. 1/31/22 a fertilizer plant with 600 tons of ammonium nitrate inside caught on fire on [85]Cherry Street in Winston-Salem 14. 2/3/22 A massive fire swept through [86]Wisconsin River Meats in Mauston 15. 2/3/22 At least 130 cows were killed in a fire at [87]Percy Farm in Stowe 16. 2/15/22 [88]Bonanza Meat Company goes up in flames in El Paso, Texas 17. 2/15/22 Nearly a week after the fire destroyed most of the [89]Shearer's Foods plant in Hermiston 18. 2/16/22 A fire had broken at US largest [90]soybean processing and biodiesel plant in Claypool, Indiana 19. 2/18/22 An early morning fire tore through the [91]milk parlor at Bess View Farm 20. 2/19/22 Three people were injured, and one was hospitalized, after an ammonia leak at [92]Lincoln Premium Poultry in Fremont 21. 2/22/22 The[93] Shearer's Foods plant in Hermiston caught fire after a propane boiler exploded 22. 2/28/22 A smoldering pile of sulfur quickly became a raging chemical fire at [94]Nutrien Ag Solutions 23. 2/28/22 A man was hurt after a fire broke out at the[95] Shadow Brook Farm and Dutch Girl Creamery 24. 3/4/22 294,800 chickens destroyed at farm in Stoddard, Missouri 25. 3/4/22 644,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland 26. 3/8/22 243,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in New Castle, Delaware 27. 3/10/22 663,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, MD 28. 3/10/22 915,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Taylor, IA 29. 3/14/22 The blaze at 244 Meadow Drive was discovered shortly after 5 p.m. by [96]farm owner Wayne Hoover 30. 3/14/22 2,750,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Jefferson, Wisconsin 31. 3/16/22 A fire at a [97]Walmart warehouse distribution center has cast a large plume of smoke visible throughout Indianapolis. 32. 3/16/22 [98]Nestle Food Plant extensively damaged in fire and new production destroyed Jonesboro, Arkansas 33. 3/17/22 5,347,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Buena Vista, Iowa 34. 3/17/22 147,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Kent, Delaware 35. 3/18/22 315,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland 36. 3/22/22 172,000 Turkeys destroyed on farms in South Dakota 37. 3/22/22 570,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska 38. 3/24/22 Fire fighters from numerous towns are battling a major fire at the [99]McCrum potato processing facility in Belfast. 39. 3/24/22 418,500 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska 40. 3/25/22 250,300 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Franklin, Iowa 41. 3/26/22 311,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 42. 3/27/22 126,300 Turkeys destroyed in South Dakota 43. 3/28/22 1,460,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Guthrie, Iowa 44. 3/29/22 A massive fire burned 40,000 pounds of food meant to feed people in a [100]food desert near Maricopa 45. 3/31/22 A structure fire caused significant damage to a large portion of key [101]fresh onion packing facilities in south Texas 46. 3/31/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Osceola, Iowa 47. 3/31/22 5,011,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Osceola, Iowa 48. 4/6/22 281,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina 49. 4/9/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 50. 4/9/22 208,900 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 51. 4/12/22 89,700 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina 52. 4/12/22 1,746,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Dixon, Nebraska 53. 4/12/22 259,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Minnesota 54. 4/13/22 fire destroys [102]East Conway Beef & Pork Meat Market in Conway, New Hampshire 55. 4/13/22 Plane crashes into [103]Gem State Processing, Idaho potato and food processing plant 56. 4/13/22 77,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 57. 4/14/22 [104]Taylor Farms Food Processing plant burns down Salinas, California. 58. 4/14/22 99,600 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 59. 4/15/22 1,380,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Lancaster, Minnesota 60. 4/19/22 Azure Standard nation's premier independent [105]distributor of organic and healthy food, was destroyed by fire in Dufur, Oregon 61. 4/19/22 339,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 62. 4/19/22 58,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Montrose, Color 63. 4/20/22 2,000,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Minnesota 64. 4/21/22 A small plane crashed in the lot of a [106]General Mills plant in Georgia 65. 4/22/22 197,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 66. 4/23/22 200,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 67. 4/25/22 1,501,200 chickens destroyed at egg farm Cache, Utah 68. 4/26/22 307,400 chickens destroyed at farm Lancaster Pennsylvania 69. 4/27/22 2,118,000 chickens destroyed at farm Knox, Nebraska 70. 4/28/22 Egg-laying facility in Iowa kills 5.3 million chickens, fires 200-plus workers 71. 4/28/22 Allen Harim Foods processing plant killed nearly 2M chickens in Delaware 72. 4/2822 110,700 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin 73. 4/29/22 1,366,200 chickens destroyed at farm Weld Colorado 74. 4/30/22 13,800 chickens destroyed at farm Sequoia Oklahoma 75. 5/3/22 58,000 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin 76. 5/3/22 118,900 Turkeys destroyed Beadle S Dakota 77. 5/3/22 114,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania 78. 5/3/22 118,900 Turkeys destroyed Lyon Minnesota 79. 5/7/22 20,100 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin 80. 5/10/22 72,300 chickens destroyed at farm Lancaster Pennsylvania 81. 5/10/22 61,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania 82. 5/10/22 35,100 Turkeys destroyed Muskegon, Michigan 83. 5/13/22 10,500 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin 84. 5/14/22 83,400 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania 85. 5/17/22 79,00 chickens destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania 86. 5/18/22 7,200 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania 87. 5/19/22 Train carrying limestone derailed Jensen Beach FL 88. 5/21/22 57,000 Turkeys destroyed on farm in Dakota Minnesota 89. 5/23/22 4,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania 90. 5/29/22 A Saturday night fire destroyed a [107]poultry building at Forsman Farms 91. 5/31/22 3,000,000 chickens destroyed by fire at Forsman facility in Stockholm Township, Minnesota 92. 6/2/22 30,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania 93. 6/7/22 A fire occurred Tuesday evening at the [108]JBS meat packing plant in Green Bay. 94. 6/8/22 Firefighters from Tangipahoa Fire District 1 respond to a fire at the [109]Purina Feed Mill in Arcola 95. 6/9/22 [110]Irrigation water was canceled in California (the #1 producer of food in the US) and storage water flushed directly out to the delta. 96. 6/12/22 Largest Pork Company in the [111]US Shuts Down California Plant 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