By Staff
December 6, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
The Paletta International premises on Paletta caught fire earlier in the day. The first call to the fire department came in at 4:10 in the afternoon
Flames have fully engulfed the building – bringing 14 pieces Burlington fire department apparatus to the scene. Volunteer firefighters have been called to stage stations at this point in time
Hamilton and Oakville fire departments are providing assistance
Full-time staff have been called in on overtime to assist
The building was completely evacuated – everyone got out and there are no reported injuries.·
Heavy smoke blanketed the Appleby Line – QEW area but did not interfere with GO train service.
The structure houses the head office of Paletta International and the Tender Choice chicken processing operation.
The immediate challenge for the corporation is going to be to find office space for staff and to plan for the reconstruction of the chicken processing operations. There are a lot of farms that are going to have to decide what they do with their poultry operations.
The downstream economic damage from this fire is going to be extensive.
Yes I recall the same event. They rebuilt with that green glass building. They had Rick Goldring on the news backing Paletta
I think a fire also destroyed this Paletta building decades ago…maybe in the 80s?? Seems odd for it to happen again…