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November 16, 2015

Trenton mussel-processing facility destroyed by fire

A Saturday night fire destroyed Acadia Aqua Farms’ nearly complete mussel-processing facility in Trenton.

Fiona de Koning, one of the owners of the Bar Harbor company, told the Ellsworth American that the business had planned to start bringing mussels in on Monday for trial processing.

The company will use its old processing system until the Trenton facility can be rebuilt, de Koning told the paper. The new plant was insured and no one was injured in the fire, according to the Trenton Fire Department.

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