A Puget Sound Fire investigator has determined that a fire in a deep fryer at Kent’s Conagra food processing plant Friday night in the 6300 block of South 190th Street was accidental.<\/p>\n
All of the 70 employees were able to escape safely. There were no reported injuries.<\/p>\n
The fire was reported to 911 at 10:50 p.m, and resulted in a response from Puget Sound Fire as well as the Tukwila Fire Department and Renton Regional Fire Authority.<\/p>\n
Firefighters found flames coming from the large machine, reaching up to the ceiling of the two-story building. The automatic sprinkler system had activated and held the fire in check until firefighters were able to fully extinguish it, Puget Sound Fire reported.<\/p>\n
Conagra had a comprehensive accountability system in place and was able to quickly determine that everyone had evacuated the building.<\/p>\n
At least a portion of the company will be shut down for an unknown period of time while the cleanup takes place. The damage is estimated at $500,000, Puget Sound Fire said.<\/p>\n
Chicago-based Conagra has about 40 locations, employs more than 13,000 and is an $8 billion company. Conagra’s brands include Healthy Choice, Hunt’s, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, Alexia, Blake’s, Frontera, Bertolli, P.F. Chang’s and Marie Callender’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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