A Massive Fire at an Illinois Farm Kills Millions of Chickens — Notice a pattern yet?
- Marina Farms is one of the largest free-range egg facilities in the country.
- Some of the structures, 300ft away from each other were mysteriously on fire as well..
At least 20 different fire departments were working Wednesday night to put out a massive fire at Marion County, Illinois, chicken farm.
The fire was still smoldering Thursday morning, and firefighters said they expect to continue battling the flames well into the day.
The fire began around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Farina Farms along Highway 37. Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps described the fire as “humongous” and said multiple buildings spanning 200-300 yards long were on fire.
Cripps said the buildings contained well over 1 million chickens.
The smoke flume could be seen throughout southern Illinois. It even showed up on the Doppler radar, Cripps said.
“As everyone probably knows, the chicken farm is on fire,” the neighboring city of Kinmundy said in a Facebook post, adding that firefighters were trucking in water from both Farina and Kinmundy and asking for residents to conserve water.
