Evacuation prompted after massive fire at Basic American Foods plant

MOSES LAKE – A massive fire broke out Tuesday night at Basic American Foods, one of the area’s largest processing plants. Grant County Fire District 5’s Bob Horst says the fire started in the center of the Moses Lake facility, located near the I-90/SR 17 interchange. A Basic American Foods employee told Source ONE News that one worker suffered burns. Footage provided to Source ONE News, shows what looks like the walls of the plant collapsing. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
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