Plum Creek

By Kellyn Brown June 20, 2014

Workers repair the raw material belt at Plum Creek Timber Co.’s medium density fiberboard plant on Thursday, June 19, 2014. A “catastrophic bearing failure” along the belt caused the June 10 explosion, according to Plum Creek officials. Greg Lindstrom | Flathead Beacon

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