A fire overnight at a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Camilla, Georgia, killed one person and injured several others, the company said in a statement on Friday. Tyson, the biggest U.S. meat company by sales and a major operator of packing plants in Iowa, is working closely with local authorities to determine the cause of the fire, the statement said.

One person is dead and several others are injured after an explosion at a Tyson Foods plant in Georgia, authorities said. The incident happened overnight Dec. 26 at a facility in Camilla, about a 60-mile drive north from Tallahassee, Florida, a spokesperson for Tyson told McClatchy News.