Farm equipment company regrouping after devastating fire

Key employees of Green Diamond Equipment will be meeting this week to work out how to re-open its operation in Summerside, P.E.I., after its building was destroyed by fire Saturday.

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The fire broke out at the farm equipment company around 11 a.m., and firefighters had extinguished the flames by 2 p.m. There were no injuries, but nothing was salvaged.

Tracey Suley, the Moncton-based manager of marketing and communications for Green Diamond, said staff have the day off Monday, but company CEO Tina Sears is starting to look ahead.

"She is going to meet with some of the key staff in Summerside to figure out what is the plan to re-open and where we go next. So it's a work in progress said Suley.

"Certainly Summerside is an important place for us and we love it there, and the people that came out, it was amazing even on Facebook, the messages of people being thankful for us being there and it was really something else."

There are about 45 people employed in the building.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

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