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The fire started at around 1:15 p.m. at Kreider Farms on the 1400 block of Mt. Pleasant Road in South Annville Township. According to Annville-Cleona fire Chief Philip Snavely, the fire caused $12 million in damages and has killed an estimated 250,000 chickens. Fire officials say the fire began in the middle of a poultry barn row. The middle barn became fully enflamed, but crews were able to keep the fire neutralized to the one building. Fire crews continue to work the scene of the fire as of 10:09 p.m.

Multiple fire departments responded to a massive fire at Hillendale Farms in Connecticut. Hillendale is one of the largest suppliers of chicken eggs where an estimated 100,000 hens have died.

More than 100 firefighters responded to a raging inferno that ultimately killed 100,000 chickens at an egg farm in Bozrah, Conn., officials said. The blaze was brought under control late Saturday afternoon after a four-and-a-half-hour battle involving 16 fire departments, according to Fox 61. The Bozrah Town Fire Marshal is investigating the three-alarm chicken coop fire. The Salvation Army, which was on the scene providing food to firefighters, confirmed with officials that around 100,000 chickens died in the fire. The fire comes as egg prices are already soaring in part due to a large number of avian influenza deaths in...

Multiple fire crews are at the scene of a large fire at an egg farm in Bozrah on Saturday. Firefighters said the fire is in a chicken coop at Hillandale Farms on Schwartz Road. According to Colchester Fire Department, there are water issues and more tankers are being called. In a video posted by Norwich Fire Department, there appears to be extensive damage to the chicken coop. Crews are still working to extinguish the fire. There is large amounts of smoke in the area. The smoke from the fire can be seen on Route 2 near exit 24.

This won’t help the egg shortage. Several fire crews were called to a massive fire that occurred at an egg farm in Bozrah, Connecticut on Saturday afternoon. The fire occurred at Hillandale Farms located on Schwartz Road. At the time of this writing fire crews from Colchester, Salem, Lebanon, and several other towns are all responding to the scene to put out the blaze. WATCH: