— Fire has destroyed a major lobster processing plant on Deer Island in southern New Brunswick. Images posted to social media show a huge blaze early Thursday morning at the Paturel International facility on Northern Harbour Road, which employs about 100 people. “They’re processing lobster from Maine at this point in time and they’ve been having a very good season.”The plant ships whole lobster and lobster products around the world. The company’s live lobster facility was not affected by the fire and will resume normal production, the company said. However, the lobster processing that was handled in the burned building will be moved to one of the company’s 12 facilities across North America.

Source: National Post March 01, 2018 15:26 UTC