Tyler Fire Marshal Paul Findley said that when units arrived, they saw significant plumes of black smoke, flames inside the building and debris littering the roadway. The company sells about 200,000 smoked turkeys every holiday season. “We’ll be fine, we’re just very fortunate to be in a town like Tyler where everybody is working in our favor to get us going again.”, The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Greenberg Smoked Turkey, founded in 1938 by Samuel Isaac Greenberg and now run by his grandson Sam Greenberg, will sell about 20,000 turkeys to walk-in … Authorities still don’t know what caused it. TYLER, Texas (KETK) – After explosions and a fire in two shipping buildings this will be the first year since the company’s founding 81 years ago that Greenberg Smoked Turkeys will not have its famous turkeys ready for thousands of customers at Thanksgiving. All orders for Thanksgiving and Christmas being refunded, as they will not be able to deliver. Greenberg Smoked Turkey, Inc. in Tyler, Texas, will halt all of its smoked turkey production for the rest of 2020 after a fire and at least two explosions destroyed part of the facility on Nov. 6. He made his way north to Tyler, where he established a modest dairy farm. “It fairly clear to see that we have a fire in the building prior to seeing the explosions take place so, that’s not really arguable.”. Greenberg suspends orders for its smoked turkeys following fire at Tyler facility ketk.com| 11-07 TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The owners of Greenberg Smoked Turkey said Saturday that they will “continue evaluating everything” following a fire Friday night at its production facility. Owner, Sam Greenberg describes what it was like when he arrived at the scene. “We had several weeks' worth of boxes in bags. On Friday, Nov. 6, employees at Greenberg Smoked Turkeys in Tyler were spending the busy day fulfilling orders for the company’s famed Thanksgiving turkeys. A fire and resulting explosion has destroyed a plant belonging to Greenberg Smoked Turkey, located in Tyler, Texas. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. The owner explains how the catastrophic blaze and explosion will leave families without turkeys for the first time in over 80 years. As for employees who would have prepared all of those holiday birds, Greenberg says he will be taking care of his employees this holiday season. “It was devastating to watch what happened on Friday night, nobody could watch that and not be sick. About that time, fire started coming out the roof of the building.”. For the past 70 years, the Greenberg family of Tyler, Texas has been creating unmatched flavor by expertly slow smoking their turkeys to a delicious mahogany brown hue over hickory fires like their grandfather did when it all began in the corner of his dairy barn in the 1940’s. Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. No one was in the building during the time of the fire, and the fire is still under investigation. “A horrible time of year for this to occur," Findley said. All rights reserved. For Angelo’s, 2533 White Settlement Road near the Foundry District west of downtown, the 63rd year has been one of the toughest. Greenberg Smoked Turkey Inc. in Tyler, Texas, will halt production for the rest of 2020 after a mechanical failure that started a fire caused a freezer holding 87,000 turkeys to explode, The Dallas Morning News reported. Copyright 2020 KLTV. There was no one injured, no one harmed, everything is a-okay.”. We are overwhelmed with gratitude for all the well wishes and prayers we have received.”. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Nobody was injured in the fire, which occurred on November 6, but the company has been forced to halt production for the remainder of 2020. Additional updates will be shared here and on our website. We are extremely grateful that all of our employees are safe and healthy. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.
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