Official Blames Fish-meal Dust in $100K Explosion at Westward Seafoods Plant in Dutch Harbor
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Dispatch News] by Chris Klint - September 22, 2016
A Westward Seafoods processing facility in Unalaska was damaged by an explosion on Monday evening. (Courtesy Unalaska Department of Public Safety)
A Dutch Harbor seafood processing plant was severely damaged by an explosion Monday evening a public safety official said was likely caused by the ignition of fine fish-meal dust, though the incident remained under investigation Wednesday.
Mike Holman, director of Unalaska's Department of Public Safety, said the blast — first reported by public radio station KUCB — occurred inside the Westward Seafoods plant on Captains Bay Road at about 6:45 p.m. Monday. Thirteen members of the department responded.
There were employees inside the building at the time...
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