Fire officials in Delaware are investigating after a fire at an egg farm in Middletown on Saturday night cause about $1 million in damages and led to the deaths of about 200,000 chickens.
Officials said Sunday morning that the incident began as a brush fire in the area of 1800 Middleneck Road in Middletown, Del., at about 7 p.m. on Saturday night, when
While responding to a call for that incident, officials said they received reports of a building fire at that same location.
Upon arrival, first responders found a large two-story egg producing facility with heavy and fore and smoke pouring from the building, officials said.
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Multiple fire companies responded to the two-alarm fire and, officials said no one was injured in response to the incident.
However, officials said the fire did about $1 million of damage to the egg farm and approximately 200,000 chickens died in the incident.
Fire officials said that they are still investigating what may have caused the fire.
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