Fire caused more than $500,000 damage Saturday at Cloverleaf
Farms meat-processing plant in New Hamburg.
Firefighters from New Hamburg, Baden and New Dundee battled
the blaze for about three hours. No-one was injured.
An electrical malfunction is the likely cause.
At Wellesley, a severe thunderstorm collapsed a machinery
shed where tractors, a combine and other equipment was stored. Two of the three
occupants were taken by ambulance to hospital.
There were severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings in the
area at the time.
