The Cargill meat packing plant was an economic lifeline to this small west Arkansas town, a place where almost everyone worked its lines or knew someone who did.
A fire and set of explosions that destroyed the plant Sunday may sever that link to the city's 4,000 residents forever.
"They'll be applying for unemployment and food stamps" if the plant closes, said Manuel Mann, 69, pastor of the Southside Assembly of God in Booneville. "It's really going to hurt and this town is already hurting."
Firefighters were unable to fight the Sunday afternoon blaze because of dangers posed by the estimated 88,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia …
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