More than a month after a fire gutted its Burlington County meat warehouse, leaving a rancid smell hanging in the air, Dietz & Watson has hauled away up to 10 million pounds of meat and demolished most of the building.
The stench is virtually gone from the company site in Delanco Township, some residents in nearby Edgewater Park said, and an odor-neutralizing solution has spouted out of supply hoses and aerosol fogging nozzles around the clock.
"We're pleased and feel very good that those neighbors are breathing fresh air again," company spokesman Steve Aaron said last week.
But the the 74-year-old, family-owned business' future in Delanco appears unclear at this point.
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