Hamlet, NC

USA / North Carolina / Dobbins Heights /
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On September 3, 1991, a grease fire broke out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant in the city, killing 25 people. A monument now stands where the plant was. Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon wrote a song about this called Hamlet Chicken Plant Disaster.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet,_North_Carolina
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Coordinates:   34°53'42"N   79°42'20"W
This article was last modified 16 years ago