Fire kills 3000 chickens at Rhode Island poultry farm
Fire kills 3000 chickens at Rhode Island poultry farm Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal © David DelPoio Firefighter still on the scene at Baffoni's Poultry in Johnston. JOHNSTON — Some 3,000 chickens in a coop died in a fire Wednesday morning at Baffoni's Poultry Farm, according to a Twitter post by one of the owners. The Johnston Fire Department confirmed the fire at the Greenville Avenue was reported around 5 a.m., but said further information was not immediately available at 7:30 a.m. because crews were still on scene. The Tweet by farm owner Anita Baffoni, wh...