Food Company Fires: Accidental or Suspicious?

Despite high-profile attention, accidents appear random with negligible impact on supply chains A string of fires at food processing plants across the country has led to intense speculation on social media as to whether the fires were accidental or the result of an intentional attack on critical food infrastructure. To investigate whether there was truth to the latter, the team of EpochTV’s “Facts Matter” investigated claims of fires deemed suspicious on social media and in media reports. The “Facts Matter” team found that most incidents cited of facilities allegedly catching fire in 2022 didn’t, in fact, happen this year. Many…