WARNING: The images in this story may be considered graphic.A Bagley meat locker is helping a nearby family clean their basement after the businesses' remnants leaked into their home.Homeowner Nick Lestina said his home's drainage system connects to the drainage system in Dahl's Custom Meat Locker.When the meat locker's system backed up during an Oct. 3 slaughter, it poured into the home's basement."If you can imagine, I mean, the smell is just like biodegrading meat," Lestina said.Officials asked the family to leave the home during the cleanup process.Dahl said the company plans to help with any damage. "We offered to financially clean up their basement," said Kaitlin Dahl, who owns the meat locker. "As our insurance company has said, we didn't cause it on purpose. We didn't intentionally do it. We weren't negligent. There are business processes that need to work on something."According to Lestina, cleanup will cost more than $4,000. The Iowa Department of Public Health said it is investigating.

WARNING: The images in this story may be considered graphic.

A Bagley meat locker is helping a nearby family clean their basement after the businesses' remnants leaked into their home.


Homeowner Nick Lestina said his home's drainage system connects to the drainage system in Dahl's Custom Meat Locker.

When the meat locker's system backed up during an Oct. 3 slaughter, it poured into the home's basement.

"If you can imagine, I mean, the smell is just like biodegrading meat," Lestina said.

Officials asked the family to leave the home during the cleanup process.

Dahl said the company plans to help with any damage.

"We offered to financially clean up their basement," said Kaitlin Dahl, who owns the meat locker. "As our insurance company has said, we didn't cause it on purpose. We didn't intentionally do it. We weren't negligent. There are business processes that need to work on something."

According to Lestina, cleanup will cost more than $4,000. The Iowa Department of Public Health said it is investigating.