Insurer Sues For $ 39.5M Over Specialty Bakers Fire; Site Has Since Been Sold

After a devastating March 2018 fire that destroyed its Lititz-area plant, Specialty Bakers initially said it planned to rebuild and rehire the more than 100 workers idled by the closure.

That’s no longer the plan.

The property has been sold to a neighboring company, and a recent civil lawsuit is seeking more than $39.5 million from a York firm that supplied equipment an insurer blames for the blaze.

Specialty Bakers, which is based in Marysville, Perry County, did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

To read the rest of the story, please go to: Lancaster Online