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Community rallies around 15 foreign workers displaced by Saint-Lolin fire

More than a dozen foreign workers have been displaced after a rental home caught fire Friday near Bathurst., N.B.

Residents have provided lots of donations and local carpenters are helping build beds

Landscape picture of the ocean from Grand-Anse
The village of Grande-Anse, N.B., has supported the displaced foreign workers by donating personal care packages, blankets and other necessities. (Submitted by Rick Gallant)

More than a dozen foreign workers have been displaced after a rental home caught fire Friday in Saint-Lolin, N.B., near Bathurst, N.B.

There were no injuries to the15 men and women employed by LeBreton & Fils Fisheries Ltd.in Grande-Anse, which is about a half-dozen kilometres from where the fire happened.

The fish processing plant has found temporary lodging and collected donations for the workers.

"We thank the community who have been unimaginably generous, whether it be clothes, blankets, bedding, shoes, cash donations," the company said ina Facebook post.

The community brought food andpersonal care packages for the workers, whilecarpenters in the community built beds for them.

"A huge thank you to everyone for your generosity the employees thank you wholeheartedly," said the company.

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