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Hamlet Fire, Imperial Foods 1991 |
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Last Updated: 06/08/09 |
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Hamlet Fire According to official reports, twenty-five (25) people died and another forty-nine (49) were injured as the result of a fire in the Imperial chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina yesterday. Witnesses, at the scene, described panicked workers as screaming, "Let me out!....Let me out!", as they tried to kick open doors that were reportedly padlocked by the plant management to prevent vandalism and theft. Footprint indentations were evident on the inside of at least one door, that was seen to be locked from the outside. AP September 4, 1991
Front page capture from the Raleigh News and Observer. Wednesday September 4, 1991.
Hamlet Fire According to official reports, twenty-five (25) people died and another forty-nine (49) were injured as the result of a fire in the Imperial chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina yesterday. Witnesses, at the scene, described panicked workers as screaming, "Let me out!....Let me out!", as they tried to kick open doors that were reportedly padlocked by the plant management to prevent vandalism and theft. Footprint indentations were evident on the inside of at least one door, that was seen to be locked from the outside. AP September 4, 1991 The site where many of the above photos are found and where you may download a copy of the USFA Report regarding the Fire(s) at Hamlet (and a subsequent Chicken Processing Fire in Arkansas, also in 1991) is found at: http://www.interfire.org/res_file/pdf/Tr-057.pdf .
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