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Monday, 06 September 2021 15:05

IMPERIAL FOODS FIRE: Tragedy at Hamlet plant results in statewide safety reforms

N.C. Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey stands at the Imperial Foods fire memorial in Hamlet following a service on Sept. 3, the 30th anniversary of the fatal fire.

HAMLET — As tragic as the 1991 Imperial Foods fire was, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey said "a lot of good things" came out of it.

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Friday, 03 September 2021 17:44

IMPERIAL FOODS FIRE: 'A tragedy that should have never happened'

Recently retired Hamlet Fire Chief Calvin White receives a commemorative fire service coin from Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey during a memorial service for the 30th anniversary of the Imperial Foods fire.

HAMLET — For Calvin White, the 1991 Imperial Foods fire “is very personal.”

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Friday, 03 September 2021 14:25

IMPERIAL FOODS FIRE: Memories remain for survivors of Hamlet tragedy

Imperial Foods fire survivor Ada Blanchard holds up the clothes she wore 30 years ago during a memorial service Friday morning. See more photos from the service at the RO's Facebook page.

HAMLET — Ada Blanchard still has the clothes she wore to work Sept. 3, 1991 — the day of the tragic fire at Imperial Foods that left 24 of her coworkers dead.

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