Approximately 100,000 Hens Killed in Fire at Hillandale Farms in Connecticut
NBC Universal, Inc. Approximately 100,000 hens have died after a large fire at an egg farm in Bozrah over the weekend. Firefighters were called to ...
NBC Universal, Inc. Approximately 100,000 hens have died after a large fire at an egg farm in Bozrah over the weekend. Firefighters were called to Hillandale Farms on Schwartz Road on Saturday. When they arrived, fire crews found a 50 foot by 600 foot operating chicken coop on fire. Crews from 16 surrounding departments including Colchester, East Haddam, Salem, Gardner Lake, Lebanon, Franklin, Yantic and Sterling, Taftville, Montville, Oakdale and Lisbon and more than 100 firefighters total responded to the scene.