Firefighters tackle chicken shed fire near Oswestry
A fire at a large chicken shed in Middleton near Oswestry today saw around 45 firefighters and five officers called to the scene.
The fire broke out in the football pitch size chicken shed, which housed around 16,000 chickens, at around 7.45am this morning.
Six fire engines in total were sent to help fight the fire with help from firefighters across the Welsh border in Wrexham and Chirk.
A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Spokesperson said:
“On arrival the crews set to work trying to establish a way to extinguish the fire and get the 16,000 chickens out of the building. They also had to deal with isolating the electricity.
“The fire involved a conveyor and the roof space, firefighters fought the fire in 2 sectors utilising the aerial ladder platform. The roof which was slowly dismantled was then checked for hotspots using the Thermal Imaging Camera.
“The incident required extensive recourses from the Fire and Rescue Service including a light pumping unit to supply water from a nearby lake and a Rescue Tender to provide breaking gear.”
It is not known how many chickens died in the fire.
