“On the 3rd of September, 1991, a fire began at the Imperial Food Products chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina…”
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro
00:38 – Background
04:05 – The Hamlet Chicken Processing Plant Fire
07:17 – The Aftermath
MUSIC:
► “Glass Pond” by Public Memory
► “Underworld” by Myuu
SOURCES:
► “Smoke drew line of death” published by Tampa Bay Times, October 2014. Link: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/09/05/smoke-drew-line-of-death/.
► “The Tragic Story of the Hamlet Fire” by Walter Edgar, published by NPR, June 2021. Link: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=984823229.
► “Chicken Processing Plant Fires. Hamlet, North Carolina and North Little Rock, Arkansas” by FEMA, published by US Fire Administration, June 1991. Link: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-057.pdf.
► “The Deadly 1991 Hamlet Fire Exposed the High Cost of ‘Cheap'” by Anna Diamond, published by Smithsonian Magazine, September 2017. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deadly-1991-hamlet-fire-exposed-high-cost-cheap-180964816/.
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5:35 Brad doesn't look very smart.
Such in justice again.😠rules for the haves n have not
It's crazy how much wealthy people can get away with just by having people sign a w2
But… hydraulic "fluid" isn't flammable, especially if it is hydraulic oil. Just like motor oil, it doesn't really catch on fire easily. Even if there is an heating element or open flame. But I guess I'm wrong.
This wouldn’t have happened if we were all vegetarians.
Tyson: OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU
Imperial: NANI?!?
Jfc you CAN NOT PATCH A HYDRAULIC LINE WITHOUT SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT.
I take it that since the damaged part of the sprinkler system wasn't replaced, that is an important fact.
the fire chief not calling on the predominately black volunteer fire fighters for aid even tho they were on standby is another example of how racism and prejudice are double edge swords that harm both victim and victimizer
Here, I thought these Labor Practice's had ended come WWII and the rise of Labor Union's.
Why am I not surprised this happened in The South, in this case North Carolina.
Way to go Christine
once again, the business owners get off easy and the hard working employees pay the price. when will this injustice stop?!
Didn’t want help from black firefighters. Lol typical america. 😭 I say let it die then!
'Bening negligence' is an interesting way to say corruption
why is it every time the rich does anything make that extra $$ it's the poor that suffers. 25 poeple died and he gets few years in jail gets out and poeple left burying dead gets crap
I wonder if the sprinkler system would've been any help, seeing as it was a liquid fire
The boot marks on the fire doors locked… is so upsetting.
Fire doors LOCKED
MURDER!
What about the chickens who died?
The conditions for poultry processing workers has not significantly improved since this incident
The rising costs of everything and the intensity at which corporate greed seems to be growing give me the impression that we will continue to see more of these situations in the future. Esp with all of the complications involving staffing and employment due to the pandemic.
I was 1 at the time of this incident so I had no idea about this. Considering I have been a life long North Carolinian,I am surprised I have never heard about this. Everything about this disaster could have been avoided. The fact that basically every higher up of the company basically got away with this while so many suffered and continue to suffer makes me sick.
America was rotten to the core long before we ever started seeing it on TV
If you've never driven thru a chicken processing town before during the month of July in the south, there is no way of explaining to someone exactly how the air smells in those towns… It is truly horrific.
Greed and Corporate culture gone insane.
Anything for money… im suprised the government didn't just say there were terrorists working there and they had to bomb it.
I'm surprised that his insures didn't push for harder sentences due to what his company cost them.
I was curious if you'd cover this particular industrial accident…
Imagine being so racist you'd rather let people burn to death than call a black person to save them. Absolutely heinous.
I love how other horror channels are like "here's a spooky disappearance! but the cops tried real hard!" and here basically every video is "here's another mass fatality incident caused by capitalism"
Cost dollar to save a dime.
Another Case Of American Gread Putting Profit Over Human Lifes. Still Goes On Today Everywhere
5:57 had to listen to it many times because i could not believe it