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Fire at Cargill Feed Plant in Temple, TX

Cargill just recently opened $34M expansion in early November

October 1, 2020

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Crews battled a fire Friday evening that broke out in a hopper at the Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health facility in Temple, TX, reports KWTX.

The 15 workers at the facility escaped without injury.

Firefighters responded at around 5:20 p.m. Friday and the fire was declared under control at 6:43 p.m.

The company had just recently opened the $34 million expansion of the facility.

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