Firefighters from Hamilton, Cambridge, Matamata and Greerton are being called in to help tackle a large chicken shed fire.
Firefighters are dealing with a large chicken shed fire near the Kaimai Range.
The fire is reported to be at a poultry farm on Old Te Aroha Road near Te Aroha.
St John Paramedics are also in attendance.
Crews are battling large flames and are working to protect a diesel and a LPG pump on the property.
An eyewitness at the scene says: "It's a large shed fire near the bottom of the farm.
"It looks like the roof has collapsed.
"You can see black smoke for miles around."
SunLive will bring you more details as they become available.
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5 comments
Resussitated chocks?
Posted on 17-03-2015 16:42 | By YOGI BEAR
I would suspect that the average chicken would "Be very afraid" and would make for the door quick as could. So then everyone should be more worried about "Bird Flew" then anything else.
Overit
Posted on 17-03-2015 18:19 | By overit
Hence the need for free range chickens- They would have survived. Shameful.
fire
Posted on 17-03-2015 21:06 | By dumbkof2
Plenty of cooked chooks comming up on special in the supermarkets next week
sprinklers
Posted on 17-03-2015 22:13 | By Active
There is so many of these chicken sheds burning birds alive. Where is MPI and SPCA . why is it not the law that sprinklers must be installed or don't we care about cruelty anymore. Am i being unfair?
empty shed
Posted on 19-03-2015 07:18 | By kiwiolchap
no birds were in the shed
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