From www.WBOC.com:
Laurel (DE) – Authorities are investigating an early Friday morning fire that destroyed a poultry house in Laurel and left thousands of chickens dead.
The Laurel Fire Department said seven stations responded to the blaze just after 5 a.m. Fire crews reported seeing heavy smoke when they arrived. It took firefighters just over an hour to put out the fire.
Firefighters said no one was injured in the fire, but approximately 25,000 chickens were killed.
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