A BAKERY IN HIRWAUN, WALES, WAS STRUCK BY AN ARSONIST just hours after they announced that they were laying off half of their workforce.

The Best Bakeries Ltd. made public their need to dismiss 50 employees on Thursdday as part of a bankruptcy reorganization.  The affected workers were told as they showed up for work that they were laid off effective immediately.

South Wales Echo photo

Early Friday morning somebody torched three delivery trucks parked at the loading dock, destoying the vehicles and a substantial amount of stock.  The responding fire brigades were able to keep the fire from spreading into the plant.

The South Wales Echo reports:

Steve Fogo, bakery manager at Best Bakeries, estimated that the cost of the damage to the vehicles and stock in the bakery, combined with the lost production time, would total more than £100,000 ($200,000).

But he added that the biggest shock to himself and the factory’s owner David Wetz was that the fire was started while employees were working on the site.

“Both David and myself are just so relieved that nobody was injured in the blaze.  There were eight people on site at the time and we are just extremely thankful that they weren’t hurt at all.”

 The health department has given the bakery the ok to continue operations after cleaning up the limited damage to the inside of the plant.

An arson investigation has begun.  Read the full story HERE.

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