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Teal Jones issued a press release Monday noting it experienced fires at mills and woodlands in the past, with sa国际传媒減erhaps the most significantsa国际传媒� having occurred about 20 years ago when sa国际传媒渃ampers violating a campfire ban near Boston Bar caused a significant forest fire that destroyed a large timber supply area. The company was able to recover with support from suppliers and employees.sa国际传媒�

Itsa国际传媒檚 B.C.sa国际传媒檚 largest privately owned timber company. Teal Jones has been investing $60 million in its Surrey headquarters since 2019.

Since 1946, the company has grown from a one-man shingle machine to over 2,000 employees in North America. Of those, 1,000 are in B.C., and half of those work in Surrey at Teal-Jonessa国际传媒� main site on Fraser River, just this side of Barnston Island.

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