Fire destroys three barns in Florida, killing at least 250,000 chickens
Fire tears through egg production barns in Dade City
By: WFTS Staff
and last updated 2020-12-17 14:11:45-05
DADE CITY, Fla. â Pasco County Fire Rescue is working to extinguish a large fire that destroyed three chicken coop barns early Thursday morning.
Officials say an employee who lives on the Cal-Maine Foods property, located in Dade City, called in the first alarm around 1 a.m.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, they immediately called for a second alarm after noting the size of the fire.
The fire destroyed three barns that each contain up to 80,000 chickens each, and officials say at least 250,000 chickens total were killed.