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Pioneer Food Cannery closed after fire kills two

12 June 2017 at 14:31
Reports say a number of casual workers were on an afternoon shift when the fire started.
Two dead after Pioneer Food Cannery fire
Two dead after Pioneer Food Cannery fire

The Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) has been closed following a fire outbreak at the facility on Sunday that killed two people.

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Management has asked workers of the company to stay home.

Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC), formerly owned by Mankoadze Fisheries and its partners, StarKist, became a wholly-owned H.J. Heinz Company in 1994 to primarily engage in tuna processing and canning for export.

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