Only a handful of birds escape after a fire kills 8,000 chickens at a family-owned business near Launceston in Tasmania.
Just a"handful" of birds have escaped with their lives, after a shed fire killed 8,000 chickens near Launceston this morning.A veteran firefighter says he has never seen so many animals killed by a single fire incident
The Tasmania Fire Service were called to the scene at Olsen's Eggs on Brown Mountain Road, Karoola, shortly before 5:00am, where flames had already taken hold. The TFS said the chickens were not constrained inside the shed and were producing barn-laid eggs, but were confined by the shed doors being closed when the fire broke out.Launceston Fire Brigade Station Officer Danny Guy said the owners were distraught.
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