POSTVILLE — Three weeks after a fire shut it down, the Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant may begin "limited production" this week.
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Firefighters work to extinguish the fire at AgriStar Meat & Poultry Plant on Tuesday in Postville. The fire started early Tuesday morning, and surrounding fire departments responded to help put out the fire. The plant is the largest employer in the town.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
Firefighters on an aerial truck work Tuesday to extinguish the fire at Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville. Nineteen volunteer fire departments sent firefighters to fight the Tuesday fire, and four departments — Prairie du Chien, Decorah, Oelwein and Crisco — sent aerial trucks to assist. The Postville fire chief says 25 percent of the kosher meat processing plant was saved.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
See photos of the Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant fire in Postville
A fire was reported at the Agri Star Meat & Poultry kosher meat processing plant in Postville on July 28, 2026.
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Agri Star Meat & Poultry in Postville.
- PHOTO COURTESY OF FAYETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
A man takes a photo of the fire at Agri Star Meat & Poultry Plant in Postville on Tuesday. Community members and plant workers gathered on Pole Line Road to watch as firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Agri Star Meat & Poultry in Postville.
- PHOTO COURTESY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Two men watch as firefighters work to extinguish the flames at Agri Star Meat & Poultry Plant in Postville on Tuesday.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
Community members take a moment to watch a passing firetruck as they observe the fire at Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville on Tuesday.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
A man wears a mask as he watches firefighters fight to extinguish the flames at Agri Star Meat & Poultry Plant in Postville. A smoke advisory was issued due to the large amount of smoke from the fire.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Agri Star Meat & Poultry in Postville.
- PHOTO COURTESY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Frankville Fire Department firefighters work on a fire hydrant near Agri Star Meat & Poultry Plant in Postville on Tuesday.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Agri Star Meat & Poultry in Postville.
- PHOTO COURTESY OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Flames continue burning at the Agri Star Meat & Poultry Plant in Postville in a nearly destroyed part of the building.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
Fire departments work to extinguish the fire at Agri Star Meat & Poultry Plant in Postville.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
Firefighters work to extinguish the fire at Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville on Tuesday. The fire was still burning inside the plant Wednesday.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
Firefighters work to extinguish the fire at AgriStar Meat & Poultry Plant on Tuesday in Postville. The fire started early Tuesday morning, and surrounding fire departments responded to help put out the fire. The plant is the largest employer in the town.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
Firefighters on an aerial truck work Tuesday to extinguish the fire at Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville. Nineteen volunteer fire departments sent firefighters to fight the Tuesday fire, and four departments — Prairie du Chien, Decorah, Oelwein and Crisco — sent aerial trucks to assist. The Postville fire chief says 25 percent of the kosher meat processing plant was saved.
- Savannah Blake/The Gazette
