A boiler explosion and subsequent fire consumed much of the building on Feb. 22. Company officials said it would take 15-18 months to rebuild and restart production.
HERMISTON, Ore. — Shearer’s Foods has announced it will lay off staff from the company’s Eastern Oregon manufacturing facility near Hermiston that burned down on the afternoon of Feb. 22.
“After assessing the damage, it’s clear that the destruction is too great to quickly rebuild and begin production in the near term,” CEO Bill Nictakis said in a press release.
The fire at the facility began with an explosion in a boiler fueled by natural gas, engulfing
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