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  •   Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    Trouble at Fonterra, but not of the financial kind this time

    Trouble at Fonterra, but not of the financial kind this time


    Fonterra
    Fonterra
    Emergency services responded to reports of a chlorine leak at at the co-op's Edendale site in Southland this morning.

    In a separate incident last night a person was taken to hospital after an electrical fire broke out in the Fonterra factory in Kauri, north of Whangarei.

    A Fonterra spokeswoman said there were strong fumes and five workers were treated at the scene.

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