World · South & Central Asia · 2 hrs ago
Fire kills more than 5,000 chickens at farm near Cheyyar
A fire killed more than 5,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Ukkal village near Cheyyar, in Tiruvannamalai district.
The fire was reported at about 2 a.m.
on Thursday in one of the farm’s three sheds.
The farm was set up by S. Hemalatha in a four-acre paddy field and housed more than 5,000 chickens.
Firefighters put out the blaze after an hour after rushing to the site from Cheyyar.
The fire also destroyed 80 bags of chicken feed.
Cheyyar police registered a case, but no cause of the fire was stated.
More than 5,000 chickens died in a fire at a poultry farm in Ukkal village near Cheyyar.
The fire was reported in one of the farm’s sheds at around 2 a.m. on Thursday.
Firefighters from Cheyyar extinguished the blaze after about an hour.
The fire also destroyed 80 bags of chicken feed, police said.
Cheyyar police registered a case.
- Who
- More than 5,000 chickens died. The farm was set up by S. Hemalatha, 39.
- What
- A fire broke out at a poultry farm and killed the chickens.
- When
- Thursday, around 2 a.m. The calendar date is not stated.
- Where
- Ukkal village, near Cheyyar town in Tiruvannamalai.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Fire was reported in one of the poultry farm’s sheds.
Firefighters from Cheyyar put out the fire.
Cheyyar police registered a case.
- Chickens killed
- More than 5,000
- Feed destroyed
- 80 bags
- Farm location
- Ukkal village, near Cheyyar
- Farm owner
- S. Hemalatha, 39
- Fire response
- Firefighters from Cheyyar put out the fire after about an hour