A remote salmon processing plant operated by Seattle-based Peter Pan Seafoods near Alaska's Aleutian Islands has been heavily damaged by a fire that was still burning Wednesday.
Peter Pan spokesman Dale Schiffler confirmed the fire at the Port Moller plant. He declined to provide further details.
Bob Murphy, a state Fish and Game fisheries biologist assigned to the area for the summer fishing season, said the blaze broke out Tuesday night and continued to burn as of Wednesday afternoon. Plant workers used water lines and hoses to fight the fire, and fishing crews also have been using their vessel hoses to squirt water at the blaze, he said.
"The main thing is, nobody's hurt," Murphy said.
The plant offices, the processing section and the facility's large freezer were destroyed, Murphy said. Still standing are housing quarters for about 150 workers, the egg processing house and part of the dock.