Thousands of Chickens Lost in Bozrah Egg Farm Fire

[Sugar Cookie]

State officials say about 100,000 chickens were killed when a fire tore through the egg farm in Bozrah.

Officials say it took 100 firefighters and at least 16 different area departments to knock down the flames. But not before the massive blaze destroyed 50’ x 600’ chicken coop.

Firefighters say they received the call around 1 p.m. and the building was completely engulfed when they arrived.

“There was a lot of fire coming out of the building and a lot of heavy smoke,” said Bozrah Deputy Fire Chief Jeremy Tarasevich.

The farm issued a statement that said in part:

“Our leadership team is proactively working with fire officials to support a thorough investigation of the cause of the fire. All employees are safe. There will be no further comment at this time.”

A spokesperson for the state’s Department of Agriculture confirms that approximately 100,000 egg-laying hens were killed. While some may wonder if this could impact egg prices, they say no.

“There are more than 372 million egg-laying hens in the United States. The anticipated potential impact on egg prices due to this incident is minimal to none currently,” according to a Department of Agriculture spokesperson.

Still, the fire’s impact is being felt in Bozrah.

“When I heard about the chickens, I was really upset,” said nearby resident Crystal Kyllo. “That is a lot of chickens.”

Thousands of Chickens Lost in Bozrah Egg Farm Fire

Visible from miles away, smoke could be seen as part of Hillandale Farms burned on Saturday. State officials say about 100,000 chickens were killed when a fire tore through the egg farm in Bozrah. Officials say it took 100 firefighters and at least 16 different area departments to knock down the...

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This is from Dec 14, 2022

A huge poultry farm fire that sent thick plumes of smoke up into the air, visible from miles away, caused more than $12 million in damage in Lebanon County.


The fire started just after 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Kreider Farms on the 1400 block of South Annville Township.

No injuries were reported, but 250,000 chickens were killed.

The fire started in the middle of a poultry barn row. The middle barn was fully engulfed, but crews were able to keep the fire to that one building.

Big poultry farm fire does $12 million in damage

A huge poultry farm fire that sent thick plumes of smoke up into the air, visible from miles away, caused more than $12 million in damage in Lebanon County.

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A massive fire at an egg farm in Wright County, Minnesota, burned down a barn housing tens of thousands of chickens. This means tens of thousands of panicked hens remained trapped in tiny cages as they were engulfed by flames. In total, around 200,000 lives were lost. Yet according to a farm spokesperson, “no one was injured.”

The fire took place at Forsman Farms—a fourth-generation egg farm that supplies some of the nation’s largest retailers with more than three million eggs each day. Witnesses noticed enormous flames rising into the sky around 10 p.m. on a Saturday night and immediately called 911. “It was unbelievable how quick it grew,” one witness said. “It was insane. It was the whole sky.”

While investigations into the cause of the fire are underway, barn fires at commercial egg farms are not uncommon. Last year, a fire at Hickman’s Egg Farm—the largest egg producer in Arizona—claimed the lives of 165,000 hens. The year before, at least 250,000 chickens were killed when two “densely packed” barns caught fire at a Florida farm owned by Cal-Maine Foods—one of the nation’s largest egg distributors. That same year, nearly half a million chickens perished in a fire at a Michael Foods-operated egg factory farm in Nebraska, which burned down 20 barns.

When these fires happen, companies often highlight their financial losses or focus on whether humans were injured. The true victims—the animals burned to death in the overcrowded farms—are rarely the focus. This was the case with the recent Forsman Farms fire, where a spokesperson spared only one sentence for the chickens:

Farm Says “No One Was Injured” After 200,000 Chickens Die in Fire

A massive fire at an egg farm in Wright County, Minnesota, burned down a barn housing tens of thousands of chickens.

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[DeeDee]

Ummm. My takeaway from this is if you cram too many chickens together, they will spontaneously combust. So we should treat them much better and all should be free range.

 

[Satanica]

I'm sure there's no connection at all to the WEF's nefarious plans for our future of eating bugs.

 

[cubby]

I mean, really, if the damned chickens eat all the bugs then there'd be none left for us.

 

[Kelli]

So actually there are several studies from very early 2021 that yolks prevent the spike proteins from attaching.

chickens don’t spontaneously combust.

don’t allow your ordered chicks to be vaccinated and feed naturally