An early morning fire in a chicken barn in Sheffield Mills, N.S., destroyed the building and killed 30,000 young chickens. "They were fairly young," said Jeffrey Skaling, the deputy fire chief of the Canning volunteer fire department. The Canning department received a call at 4:44 a.m. to 1515 Middle Dyke Road, at Wilmar Acres poultry farm. The 60-metre long, two-storey chicken barn was engulfed in flames when they arrived, said Skaling. The fire left 30,000 chicks dead, and destroyed a barn at the Sheffield Mills poultry farm.

Source: CBC News October 14, 2018 14:37 UTC