Fire continues to burn at Portales peanut processing plant

PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) – Several buildings at a New Mexico peanut plant are a total loss as a fire burns more than a week after it started. That fire started on Monday at the Hampton Farms facility in Portales forcing an evacuation of the plant. New Mexico Corrections Department processes ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah GutierrezThe Portales Fire Department says the blaze started outside the building and was contained a few hours later but flared up again the next morning. One person