After a fire destroyed the refinery in 1882, the current plant was rebuilt and was the largest sugar refinery in the United States. The brand name, Domino, was officially adopted in 1901 by a New York-based sugar company. Stone told WWL-TV on Thursday that firefighters were heading up to a catwalk 10 stories above the ground to pump water directly into the silo. A massive fire broke out at a historic Domino Sugar refinery in Baltimore on Tuesday, resulting in a large storage dome collapsing under. Domino Sugar has been a renowned brand in the United States east coast markets for more than 100 years. Officials said firefighters from a nearby Valero refinery helped. Officials said all 130 workers on shift duty at the time got out safely.Įight firetrucks and 30 firefighters responded to the fire, The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported. The plant, located on the southeastern outskirts of greater New Orleans, employs about 400 people. The refinery had closed as Hurricanes Laura and Marco headed toward Louisiana, and the fire broke out as it was resuming operations Thursday afternoon, Parish President Guy McInnis told news outlets. Stone said Friday evening that investigators had not reported a cause to him, and the extent of the damages would have to come from Domino.ĭomino's parent company, ASR Group, did not immediately respond to an inquiry emailed on Friday. said the refinery is currently online and processing, packing and shipping sugars that were in process or ready to be shipped out when the fire broke out. A fire broke out Thursday afternoon at the Domino Sugar refinery in Arabi forcing the evacuation of more than 100 employees.Officials on Friday are still investigating to determine the cause of. Bernard Parish Fire Chief Thomas Stone told news media. In a statement, American Sugar Refining, Inc. Thursday and was out two and a half hours later, St.
The 111-year-old plant in Chalmette, Louisiana, is the largest cane sugar refinery in the Western Hemisphere, according to the company's website. Two 10-story-high silos packed with refined sugar caught fire at the Domino Sugar refinery near New Orleans, authorities said.
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