FOOD Explosion causes fire at Northeast Oregon potato chip plant - OPB

[parsonswife]

A boiler explosion at a potato chip plant south of Hermiston sparked a dramatic fire Tuesday afternoon.
The plant supplies much of the Western U.S. with potato and corn chips.

Explosion causes fire at Northeast Oregon potato chip plant

A boiler explosion at a potato chip plant south of Hermiston, Oregon, sparked a dramatic fire.

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[Firebird]

Sure seems to be a lot of explosions here lately

 

[Siskiyoumom]

We use to have a chip factory in Eureka Calif.
Bien Padre.
Every year I would take my class there for a field trip.
The company was owned by a local family and they manufactured corn chips for about ten different Mexican style chips for restaurants , small Hispanic grocers, and organic chips.
They were bought out by a huge conglomerate which closed the factory and laid off 25 people.

 

[Satanta]

Sure seems to be a lot of explosions here lately

All due to 'Faulty Pipes'.

 

[Kathy in FL]

Sorry, couldn't resist. Been one of those days already.

 

[Groucho]

All that oil would make for a heck of a fire.

 

[PghPanther]

and in other news......

"Brown russet type potato chips to be flooding the grocery store market place soon"

 

[blackguard]

Used to live in Hermiston, know where that plant is.

 

[ShadowMan]

We use to have a chip factory in Eureka Calif.
Bien Padre.
Every year I would take my class there for a field trip.
The company was owned by a local family and they manufactured corn chips for about ten different Mexican style chips for restaurants , small Hispanic grocers, and organic chips.
They were bought out by a huge conglomerate which closed the factory and laid off 25 people.

Our kids went on a field trip to that chip factory when we lived in Eureka!! DAMN!! They made GREAT CHIPS!! I so hate it when I hear of local businesses getting taken over by friggen big corporations and then shut down! GRRRRRRR!!!

 

[Profit of Doom]

When the chips are down…
…the buffalo is empty

 

[Scrapman]

The Russians did it.

 

[tanstaafl]

For some fun, try setting various brands of chips on fire and compare the results. Original style Fritos burn very well, albeit with a lot of black smoke. Something to remember if you need to start a campfire quickly, don't have time to look for dry tinder, and happen to have some chips on hand.

 

[L.A.B.]

The Russians did it.

High probability due to the idealogical rift over the proper use of a potato. Let hope the French don’t attempt to step in and negotiate.

Keep their dam Brie off our French fries…

Wait a minute… Comfort food and negotiators! I’m pretty sure we’re onto something here.

 

[bw]

Brie melted over fries sounds pretty darn good, actually.

 

[tanstaafl]

Update to the story. The factory was so damaged they're going to raze it to the ground and rebuild it from scratch. It's going to take more than a year to do that and in the meantime they're laying everyone off (at least they'll get severence). The radio here reported that 1-in-30 jobs in that area was directly connected to the factory but didn't say how many jobs indirectly supported the factory.

 

[night driver]

Shearer's Chips down Akron way had the same issue 2-3 days ago. The burn was SPECTACULAR, what with all the oils and the starches in the chips...

 

[parsonswife]

Update to the story. The factory was so damaged they're going to raze it to the ground and rebuild it from scratch. It's going to take more than a year to do that and in the meantime they're laying everyone off (at least they'll get severence). The radio here reported that 1-in-30 jobs in that area was directly connected to the factory but didn't say how many jobs indirectly supported the factory.

Ouch

 

[Red Baron]

The plant supplies much of the Western U.S. with potato and corn chips.

RT - 1:59

Start a Fire Quickly using Fritos Corn Chips

View: https://youtu.be/adqdwspLuj0