Some 32,000 chickens died on Wednesday evening in the fire of an agricultural building in Saint-Denis-La-Chevasse (Vendée), north of La Roche-sur-Yon, we learned from the department's firefighters.
Around 8 p.m., the firefighters intervened “for the fire in this building.
32,000 chickens perished in this fire,” said the departmental operational center for fire and rescue in Vendée, confirming information from local media.
“The firefighters avoided the spread to other buildings,” added the Departmental Fire and Rescue Operational Center (Codis), adding that the origin of the fire was not known.
It would have started from a technical room, indicates the newspaper
Ouest-France
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