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Visible from miles away, smoke could be seen as part of Hillandale Farms burned on Saturday. State officials say about 100,000 chickens were killed when a fire tore through the egg farm in Bozrah. Officials say it took 100 firefighters and at least 16 different area departments to knock down the flames. But not before the massive blaze destroyed 50’…

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture said approximately 100,000 hens died when a fire broke out in a coop at an egg farm in Bozrah Saturday.

Approximately 100,000 hens have died after a large fire at an egg farm in Bozrah over the weekend. Firefighters were called to Hillandale Farms on Schwartz Road on Saturday. When they arrived, fire crews found a 50 foot by 600 foot operating chicken coop on fire. Crews from 16 surrounding departments including Colchester, East Haddam, Salem, Gardner Lake, Lebanon, Franklin,…

More than 100 firefighters worked to put out a large fire at an egg farm in Bozrah on Saturday. Firefighters said the fire was in a 50 foot by 600 foot operating chicken coop at Hillandale Farms on Schwartz Road. Crews from 16 surrounding departments including Colchester, East Haddam, Salem, Gardner Lake, Lebanon, Franklin, Yantic and Sterling, Taftville, Montville, Oakdale…