FIRE AT CHEZ NOUS LOBSTER PROCESSING PLANT IN CANADA

Thai Union Canada announced today the occurrence of a fire at their Chez Nous lobster processing plant in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick, Canada, at approximately 03:00 PM GMT-3 today. The fire was responded to by local Fire and Police personnel and the management team at the plant are working in conjunction with the local authorities.

There were approximately 330 employees working at the plant at the time of the fire and all employees have been accounted for with no injuries reported.

We will provide updates as they become available.

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Craig Rexroad/North America
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