Crime & Safety
VIDEO: 100+ Firefighters Battle Massive Lebanon Chicken Coop Blaze
The fire broke out Tuesday evening at the Kofkoff Egg Farm on Mack Road.
LEBANON, CT - A massive chicken coop fire at the Kofkoff Egg Farm in Lebanon Tuesday required more than 100 firefighters from two-dozen departments to extinguish.
While no people were injured, fire officials said thousands of chickens may have perished in the 5:40 p.m. blaze, reports NBC Connecticut News.
State fire marshals are investigating the cause of the fire, which took more than four hours to put out.
Below are videos from the scene.
Tankers shuttling water to scene of Lebanon egg farm fire with no hydrant nearby. https://t.co/UjoYDjxFh7 pic.twitter.com/X4mJfYu26z
— The Day (@thedayct) April 27, 2016
Fire burns at Moark Egg farm on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/v6NdXjCtFj
— Deborah Straszheim (@DStraszheim) April 26, 2016
Fire departments at scene of massive fire at Lebanon egg farm https://t.co/w0mjpuNBTa
— Ryan Blessing (@rblessingNB) April 27, 2016
Smoke pours out of Lebanon chicken coop during fire. https://t.co/SnqXaeP0Nj
— Ryan Blessing (@rblessingNB) April 27, 2016
Click here to read the full story on the NBC Connecticut website.
Patch Editor Brian McCready contributed to this report.
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