Local, Federal Agencies Clear Gainesville Poultry Plant To Reopen After Chemical Leak

Hall County Fire Services Division Chief Zach Brackett, shown Jan. 28, said in a statement: “Hall County Fire Services cannot speak for other agencies. However, there are no prohibitions to operations at Foundation Food Group from Hall County Fire Services.”

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Updated at 12:40 p.m. Monday

Local and federal agencies have cleared a Gainesville poultry plant, the site of a fatal liquid nitrogen leak last month, to reopen.

The leak on Jan. 28 killed six workers and injured about a dozen others. More than 100 people were evacuated from the building.