BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Signs of progress for a Brunswick landmark burned to the ground by a fire.

Community members got an update on the clean-up progress at the Pinova plant, which burned in April, 2023.

"We've seen all the smoke and everything," said Colin Triplett, who works near the Pinova plant. "It was bad."

Triplett remembers seeing the sky full of smoke and having a difficult time getting around parts of downtown Brunswick when the Pinova Plant caught on fire.

"It was horrible," said Triplett.

Pinova, which produced pine resin, reports more than 200 people worked at the plant before it burned, and each was told it would shut down permanently just a few months later.

The plant has changed owners, and even what it produces, through the years, but it ran almost continuously for more

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