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Fertilizer Firm Seeks to Control Damage after Florida Plant Fire.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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September 1, 1999
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Sep. 1 -- When Harry Costello arrived Monday at the site of a fertilizer plant fire that had forced the evacuation of about 2,000 people, he saw a public-relations agent's nightmare:
Seven TV news trucks.
"I thought, "What the heck am I getting into?' " said Costello, who handles public relations for the plant owner, Lykes Agri Sales Inc., and its corporate parent, Lykes Bros. Inc. of Tampa.
The Lykes name, already diminished this year by the selloff of half the company, is taking another hit this week. A Sunday fire at its plant in St. Lucie County led to the evacuation of nearby residents Sunday night and closed the ...
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