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Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
List of 18 News Reports About Fires at US Food Processing Plants
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
"Several very large food processing plants in the US have blown up/burned down in the past few days"
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
"Another fire/explosion at another food processing/distribution center in the USA"
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
Debunking Twitter food processing plant fire conspiracy
![Posted by u/Blopwher 2 months ago 2 Debunking Twitter food processing plant fire conspiracy Discussion A strange talking point about the mainstream media not reporting on 18+ food processing plant fires across the US has been spreading on Twitter. Here are some quick takes: OrwellNGoode: "Over a dozen food distribution centers mysteriously burning to the ground in the last 6 months" (50k+ likes) WallStreetSilv: "This is an odd coincidence ... 18 U.S. food processing facilities burned down in the last six months." (20k+ likes) maga935: "Plane just crashed into major food processing.plant. What the hell is going on? Food processors being destroyed everywhere." (10k+ likes) JamesMelville: "16+ fires have broken out in food processing plants across the US. This should be a major story, yet the mainstream media aren't reporting on it... " (6k+ likes) cbcool2532: "Another food processing plant gets hit and finally someone is covering it. Bout time. " (20k+ likes, Tucker Carlson) I'm going to focus on providing sources and supporting the work done by levelzerozero (100+ likes...) as well as responding to the following picture being passed around: Photos: Bonanza Meat Co. building fire on Paisano Drive near Downtown El Paso Cattle rescued after fire destroys meat market This is the second time that East Conway Beef & Pork has burned Fire Causes Over $100,000 In Damages At San Antonio Food Processing Plant 8p Large fire at Tyson poultry meal plant in Hanceville, Alabama Fire erupts at meat processing facility in Lackawanna County 10. WVTME FIRE RAVAGES MCCRUM POTATO PROCESSING PLANT IN BELFAST, MAINE March 24 The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the Maid-Rite Steak Company Fire shuts down Hot Pockets plant in Jonesboro meat processing plant Multiple alarm fire at food processing operation on Hamilton Mountain Crews battle major fire at Cobb Wisconsin River Meats says portion of Mauston plant a total loss after fire County meat company wastewarty 1.2002 627 and Louis Drey Dreyfus reports fire at largest US soybean, biodiesel plant 16 Feb 2022 Mark Shenk FIRE SHUTS DOWN NEBRASKA JBS BEEF PLANT Fire destroys Deli Star meat plant in St. Clair Los refus Company (LDC) on Wednesday said that a fire broke out Tuesday at its C County Indiana, which is the largest integrated soybean p sean processing and bodiesel plant in the pool facility in Memphis Fire Department responds to 3rd alarm fire at Kellogg's Company 6000 SEVERAL AREA DEPARTMENTS RESPOND TO FIRE AT SMITHFIELD FOODS The Standard the nation premindependent distrutor of organic and healthy food mpact on company wie petons et nepected to be any other By FOX3Memphis.com News Staff July 25, 2013 Massive fire at Salinas food processing plant contained, evacuations lifted Explosion Causes Fire At Oregon Potato Chip Plant Explosion and Fire Reported at Cargill- Nutrena Feed Mill By Zach unte Local news broadcaster KALB said the blace at the Lecompte, LA facility burned for 12 hours on Thursday. https://gab.com/Ferrisfueller Each red box circles a date. Looking at this image, I count 19 headlines, with the yellow box being nearly unreadable. I guess readability doesn't matter when you can throw this around and connect them all to say that there are coordinated attacks on our most important food processing plants. So, let's go through each one by one. Bonanza Meat Co. building fire, El Paso, TX: The building was abandoned and has problems with homeless people and illegal dumping. "Esparza said the building has been abandoned for several years. He said it use [sic] to be a meat market" (CBS4 News). Maid-Rite Steak Co. Lackawanna County, PA: The fire was accidental and found "along a wall where an air purifying system's duct work was... for the plant's oven" (PA Homepage). Patak Meat Company, Cobb County, GA: This local manufacturer of meats and retail deli's factor caught fire without damage to "smokers and dry goods" (WSB-TV). In fact, their Facebook is active and advertising, so it seems like their retail operations are functional again. Grand Island, NE JBS Plant: Fire erupts on Sunday, plant shuts down on Monday, and reopens on Tuesday. Primary_production area was not impacted. The company is expanding capabilities in their Omaha and Grand Island facilities (Brownfield AG News). Azure Standard Headquarters, Dufur, OR: The headquarters of this organic food distributor was burned. The impact on operations is "expected to be limited and temporary" with supporting statement from CEO in article (Columbia Gorge News). Taylor Farms facility, Salinas, CA: "The Salinas fire chief says that a welding project sparked a fire in the wall and then spread to the attic in the facility" (NBC Bay Area). East Conway, NH Butcher Shop (Cattle Rescued): Local butcher shop, with 2 cattle casualties (Conway Daily Sun). Probably not a vital food source whose destruction is crippling and scary. Tyson poultry plant, Hanceville, AL: Tyson is investing $208 million to replace the plant (AL.com) Nestle Hot Pockets and frozen foods plant, Jonesboro, AR: The fire broke out in a cooler and was contained (Arkansas Times). Wisconsin River Meats, Mauston, WI: Only the old portion of the plant was burned down. Additionally, they state that "meat and orders are stored in a different building and are not affected" (NBC 15). Their Facebook shows they have a new store as of April 22, 2022, 2 months after the fire. Deli Star Meat Plant, St. Clair County, IL: The fire is not considered suspicious, and what fed the fire wa foam in the warehouse walls and ceiling (Longview News-Journal). Smithfield Foods, Monmouth, IL: The fire was on the production side and did not cause a lot of damage (The Register-Mail). Shearer's Foods Potato Chip plant, Hermiston, OR: The fire was caused by a portable boiler fueled by natural gas (OPB). Also, a potato chip facility is not critical to our survival. West Side Food Processing Plant, San Antonio, TX: "Firefighters said the damage to the building is mostly smoke damage but that the estimate is over $100,000 because of the food that was exposed to the smoke" (KSAT). McCrum Potato processing plant, Belfast, ME: Fire was believed to be caused by a Fryolator, a deep- frying machine (WMTW). Poultry processing plant, Hamilton Mountain, ONTARIO?!!: This isn't even in the US but there was "a working fire in the freezer storage area of the building" (Global News). Kellogg's plant, Memphis, TN: The cause of the fire was accidental and by "a conveyor belt [that] malfunctioned and ignited combustibles in a rice dryer machine" (WATN-TV). Cargill-Nutrena Animal feed mill, Lecompte, LA: The cause of the fire is under investigation and there has been no updates I could find since January 2022, when it happened (KALB-TV). So, that's all. I bolded increased the size of what I thought were the most dishonest and ridiculous headlines to include. Writing and checking sources for this took me around 2 hours, in which the Orwell & Goode tweet jumped about 20k likes. Tucker Carlson covered this in a segment where he brought someone on to talk about how this would impact the food supply, and the opening headline was "SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO GENERAL MILLS PLANT IN GA". In fact, let's check that right now... General Mills cereal plant, Covington, GA: The spokesperson for General Mills said that "a small plane crashed 'near' the facility and that no employees were harmed" (Newsweek). In fact, this article cites the police captain Ken Malcolm, who said to WAGA-TV that "the fact that it didn't crash into the plant saved many lives"(FOX5). This crash is probably what sparked the latest wave of twitter posts and the Tucker Carlson segment, and it's all based on a small plane crashing into most likely empty tractor trailers near a plant. Incredible reporting here. TL;DR: A picture going around with 19 headlines fits a conspiracy that can be spread around and speculated on but which no article supports (local plants, not even processing food, reopened quickly). The general sentiment is that we are under attack and the mainstream media is not covering it, and it seems like the sentiment comes before reality for many people.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/383/392/7af.jpg)
![Posted by u/Blopwher 2 months ago 2 Debunking Twitter food processing plant fire conspiracy Discussion A strange talking point about the mainstream media not reporting on 18+ food processing plant fires across the US has been spreading on Twitter. Here are some quick takes: OrwellNGoode: "Over a dozen food distribution centers mysteriously burning to the ground in the last 6 months" (50k+ likes) WallStreetSilv: "This is an odd coincidence ... 18 U.S. food processing facilities burned down in the last six months." (20k+ likes) maga935: "Plane just crashed into major food processing.plant. What the hell is going on? Food processors being destroyed everywhere." (10k+ likes) JamesMelville: "16+ fires have broken out in food processing plants across the US. This should be a major story, yet the mainstream media aren't reporting on it... " (6k+ likes) cbcool2532: "Another food processing plant gets hit and finally someone is covering it. Bout time. " (20k+ likes, Tucker Carlson) I'm going to focus on providing sources and supporting the work done by levelzerozero (100+ likes...) as well as responding to the following picture being passed around: Photos: Bonanza Meat Co. building fire on Paisano Drive near Downtown El Paso Cattle rescued after fire destroys meat market This is the second time that East Conway Beef & Pork has burned Fire Causes Over $100,000 In Damages At San Antonio Food Processing Plant 8p Large fire at Tyson poultry meal plant in Hanceville, Alabama Fire erupts at meat processing facility in Lackawanna County 10. WVTME FIRE RAVAGES MCCRUM POTATO PROCESSING PLANT IN BELFAST, MAINE March 24 The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the Maid-Rite Steak Company Fire shuts down Hot Pockets plant in Jonesboro meat processing plant Multiple alarm fire at food processing operation on Hamilton Mountain Crews battle major fire at Cobb Wisconsin River Meats says portion of Mauston plant a total loss after fire County meat company wastewarty 1.2002 627 and Louis Drey Dreyfus reports fire at largest US soybean, biodiesel plant 16 Feb 2022 Mark Shenk FIRE SHUTS DOWN NEBRASKA JBS BEEF PLANT Fire destroys Deli Star meat plant in St. Clair Los refus Company (LDC) on Wednesday said that a fire broke out Tuesday at its C County Indiana, which is the largest integrated soybean p sean processing and bodiesel plant in the pool facility in Memphis Fire Department responds to 3rd alarm fire at Kellogg's Company 6000 SEVERAL AREA DEPARTMENTS RESPOND TO FIRE AT SMITHFIELD FOODS The Standard the nation premindependent distrutor of organic and healthy food mpact on company wie petons et nepected to be any other By FOX3Memphis.com News Staff July 25, 2013 Massive fire at Salinas food processing plant contained, evacuations lifted Explosion Causes Fire At Oregon Potato Chip Plant Explosion and Fire Reported at Cargill- Nutrena Feed Mill By Zach unte Local news broadcaster KALB said the blace at the Lecompte, LA facility burned for 12 hours on Thursday. https://gab.com/Ferrisfueller Each red box circles a date. Looking at this image, I count 19 headlines, with the yellow box being nearly unreadable. I guess readability doesn't matter when you can throw this around and connect them all to say that there are coordinated attacks on our most important food processing plants. So, let's go through each one by one. Bonanza Meat Co. building fire, El Paso, TX: The building was abandoned and has problems with homeless people and illegal dumping. "Esparza said the building has been abandoned for several years. He said it use [sic] to be a meat market" (CBS4 News). Maid-Rite Steak Co. Lackawanna County, PA: The fire was accidental and found "along a wall where an air purifying system's duct work was... for the plant's oven" (PA Homepage). Patak Meat Company, Cobb County, GA: This local manufacturer of meats and retail deli's factor caught fire without damage to "smokers and dry goods" (WSB-TV). In fact, their Facebook is active and advertising, so it seems like their retail operations are functional again. Grand Island, NE JBS Plant: Fire erupts on Sunday, plant shuts down on Monday, and reopens on Tuesday. Primary_production area was not impacted. The company is expanding capabilities in their Omaha and Grand Island facilities (Brownfield AG News). Azure Standard Headquarters, Dufur, OR: The headquarters of this organic food distributor was burned. The impact on operations is "expected to be limited and temporary" with supporting statement from CEO in article (Columbia Gorge News). Taylor Farms facility, Salinas, CA: "The Salinas fire chief says that a welding project sparked a fire in the wall and then spread to the attic in the facility" (NBC Bay Area). East Conway, NH Butcher Shop (Cattle Rescued): Local butcher shop, with 2 cattle casualties (Conway Daily Sun). Probably not a vital food source whose destruction is crippling and scary. Tyson poultry plant, Hanceville, AL: Tyson is investing $208 million to replace the plant (AL.com) Nestle Hot Pockets and frozen foods plant, Jonesboro, AR: The fire broke out in a cooler and was contained (Arkansas Times). Wisconsin River Meats, Mauston, WI: Only the old portion of the plant was burned down. Additionally, they state that "meat and orders are stored in a different building and are not affected" (NBC 15). Their Facebook shows they have a new store as of April 22, 2022, 2 months after the fire. Deli Star Meat Plant, St. Clair County, IL: The fire is not considered suspicious, and what fed the fire wa foam in the warehouse walls and ceiling (Longview News-Journal). Smithfield Foods, Monmouth, IL: The fire was on the production side and did not cause a lot of damage (The Register-Mail). Shearer's Foods Potato Chip plant, Hermiston, OR: The fire was caused by a portable boiler fueled by natural gas (OPB). Also, a potato chip facility is not critical to our survival. West Side Food Processing Plant, San Antonio, TX: "Firefighters said the damage to the building is mostly smoke damage but that the estimate is over $100,000 because of the food that was exposed to the smoke" (KSAT). McCrum Potato processing plant, Belfast, ME: Fire was believed to be caused by a Fryolator, a deep- frying machine (WMTW). Poultry processing plant, Hamilton Mountain, ONTARIO?!!: This isn't even in the US but there was "a working fire in the freezer storage area of the building" (Global News). Kellogg's plant, Memphis, TN: The cause of the fire was accidental and by "a conveyor belt [that] malfunctioned and ignited combustibles in a rice dryer machine" (WATN-TV). Cargill-Nutrena Animal feed mill, Lecompte, LA: The cause of the fire is under investigation and there has been no updates I could find since January 2022, when it happened (KALB-TV). So, that's all. I bolded increased the size of what I thought were the most dishonest and ridiculous headlines to include. Writing and checking sources for this took me around 2 hours, in which the Orwell & Goode tweet jumped about 20k likes. Tucker Carlson covered this in a segment where he brought someone on to talk about how this would impact the food supply, and the opening headline was "SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO GENERAL MILLS PLANT IN GA". In fact, let's check that right now... General Mills cereal plant, Covington, GA: The spokesperson for General Mills said that "a small plane crashed 'near' the facility and that no employees were harmed" (Newsweek). In fact, this article cites the police captain Ken Malcolm, who said to WAGA-TV that "the fact that it didn't crash into the plant saved many lives"(FOX5). This crash is probably what sparked the latest wave of twitter posts and the Tucker Carlson segment, and it's all based on a small plane crashing into most likely empty tractor trailers near a plant. Incredible reporting here. TL;DR: A picture going around with 19 headlines fits a conspiracy that can be spread around and speculated on but which no article supports (local plants, not even processing food, reopened quickly). The general sentiment is that we are under attack and the mainstream media is not covering it, and it seems like the sentiment comes before reality for many people.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/383/392/7af.jpg)
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
Debunking Tweets
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50 Pounds of Thermite Underneath the Food Processing Plant:
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
"Whats the consensus on all the recent fires at food processing plants"
![View Same Destructive Events over Time Food Processing pant Grain Sito Fee -Destroyed Cattle/Poultry/s -Warhouse Fire Feet Processing plent Hestares Lost 862KiB, 2274x2659, tfwp8tmuiry81.jpg Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ Food processing plant [21/7/15] fires Anonymous ID: M2Y0b22x Thu 09 Jun 2022 10:45:36 No.381625307 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>381625500 >>381626130 >>381628543 >>381633240 Whats the consensus on all the recent fires at food processing plants? My parents claim it's a conspiracy theory and not a coordinated attack on our food supply. Are we just paying attention more or are they trying to induce starvation as a form of population control?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/383/388/aa8.jpg)
![View Same Destructive Events over Time Food Processing pant Grain Sito Fee -Destroyed Cattle/Poultry/s -Warhouse Fire Feet Processing plent Hestares Lost 862KiB, 2274x2659, tfwp8tmuiry81.jpg Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ Food processing plant [21/7/15] fires Anonymous ID: M2Y0b22x Thu 09 Jun 2022 10:45:36 No.381625307 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>381625500 >>381626130 >>381628543 >>381633240 Whats the consensus on all the recent fires at food processing plants? My parents claim it's a conspiracy theory and not a coordinated attack on our food supply. Are we just paying attention more or are they trying to induce starvation as a form of population control?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/383/388/aa8.jpg)
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How Will /pol/ Ever Recover
![LEAT STORIES Fast Check Fact Check: Recent Fires At US Food Processing Plants Do NOT Show Plot To Cause Food Shortage Por 2222 by Sane Thompson ♥ Tweet FOOD POODDING RANTS THAT ARE No Pattern 2MiB, 1242x1818, unknown-56.png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace STORY UPDATED [35/6/30] Anonymous ID: 8ZRK3Zr7 Tue 07 Jun 2022 14:13:30 No.381369187 View Reply Original Repo rt Quoted By: >>381369521 >>381369549 >>381369668 >>381369768 >>381369873 >>381370012 >>381370060 >>381371722 >>381371896 >>381372128 >>381373803 >>381373960 >fact check: Recent fires at US food processing plants do NOT show Plot to Cause food shortage /pol/ was wrong again Imao](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/383/387/f0b.jpg)
![LEAT STORIES Fast Check Fact Check: Recent Fires At US Food Processing Plants Do NOT Show Plot To Cause Food Shortage Por 2222 by Sane Thompson ♥ Tweet FOOD POODDING RANTS THAT ARE No Pattern 2MiB, 1242x1818, unknown-56.png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace STORY UPDATED [35/6/30] Anonymous ID: 8ZRK3Zr7 Tue 07 Jun 2022 14:13:30 No.381369187 View Reply Original Repo rt Quoted By: >>381369521 >>381369549 >>381369668 >>381369768 >>381369873 >>381370012 >>381370060 >>381371722 >>381371896 >>381372128 >>381373803 >>381373960 >fact check: Recent fires at US food processing plants do NOT show Plot to Cause food shortage /pol/ was wrong again Imao](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/383/387/f0b.jpg)
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Food processing plants after Joe Biden said to expect food shortages
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"The question is what are we going to do about it?"
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
"What the fuck is going on?"
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![Bee Matne Babamey In case you're not paying attention I'll help you out Farm burnings Anonymous [313 / 66 / 207] ID: QH63/r2c Mon 06 Jun 2022 02:53:29 No.381169206 This is one of the largest egg farms in the country. Mysteriously torched That's food factory #19 in 2022. View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>381169473 >>381169481 >>381169496 >>381170298 >>381170479 >>381170972 >>381171017 >>381171244 >>381171492 >>381172820 >>381172999 >>381173252 >>381173308 >>381173910 >>381173924 >>381174899 >>381175997 >>381176313 >>381176355 >>381176605 >>381176959 >>381177507 >>381178197 >>381178439 >>381178531 >>381178694 >>381178891 >>381181167 >>381181665 >>381181705 >>381185323 >>381185383 >>381185393 >>381187664 >>381187824 >>381187966 >>381188186 >>381188248 >>381188584 >>381188821 >>381189360 >>381189630 >>381189735 >>381189889 >>381189918 >>381189930 >>381189981 >>381190317 >>381190498 >>381191632 >>381192301 >>381192659 >>381192763 >>381192947 >>381193114 >>381194138 >>381194437 >>381194540 >>381194876 >>381195214 >>381195515 >>381195527 >>381195578 >>381195750 >>381195965 >>381196277 >>381197258 >>381198071 >>381198157 >>381200896 >>381201550 >>381201756 >>381201909 >>381203270 >>381204267 >>381204572 >>381205513 >>381205601 >>381205947 11:23 AM 04 Aon 22 Twitter for Andr 774KiB, 983x1326, 165449829416709628.png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace What the f--- is going on?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/383/383/596.jpg)
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
"I’m inclined to believe that the burning of 19 food processing plants in 🇺🇸 thus far is not a coincidence."
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
"In case you’re not paying attention I’ll help you out:"
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
Food Processing Plant Fires List
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Who is destroying all of these food processing plants around the country?
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
Why are so many food processing plants and warehouses catching fire all of a sudden?
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
They Don't Know Food Processing Plants Are Burning Down at an Alarming Rate All Over the World
Food Processing Plants Fires Conspiracy Theory
Just in : Just when there was a food shortage looming and inflation soaring, another company producing fertilizer goes up in flames
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A Wright County egg producer is evaluating the damage left behind from a Saturday night fire
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