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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Oxendine: Sylvester Plant Fire Accidental

State Fire and Insurance officials say a fire that gutted a peanut warehouse in Sylvester one week ago has been ruled accidental. The determination is a welder’s torch sparked the blaze, which resulted in an estimated loss of $3.5 million dollars to the Farm Commodities Peanut Warehouse. The loss includes 2,300 tons of peanuts destroyed.

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