Workers Accounted For after Roof Collapse at Upper Deerfield, NJ, Plant

June 26, 2025

A minor ammonia leak at the produce processing facility was handled by local hazmat teams.

BILL BARLOW & NICHOLAS HUBA

The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.

(TNS)

UPPER DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP — Emergency crews responded to a structure collapse Wednesday at a produce processing plant on Finley Road, according to emergency radio communications.

Aerial images showed a significant portion of the building's roof collapsed.

The incident happened at Seabrook Brothers & Sons, a third-generation family-owned and operated business that grows, processes and freezes 150 million pounds of vegetables, according to its website.

Hazmat teams from Cumberland and Salem counties are at the scene.

According to reports, all workers and personnel at the building have been accounted for.

Cumberland County Administrator Kevin Smaniotto said one person suffered a minor injury that did not require hospitalization.

The Cherry Hill Fire Department reported about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday that the Cumberland County Urban Search and Rescue team was on scene, with rescue specialists at the site.

There was no immediate information available about a cause of the collapse.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.