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USA TODAY A massive fire early Thursday killed as many as 250,000 chickens at a Florida farm operated by the company that sells eggs under brands including Eggland's Best and Land O' Lakes. Pasco County Fire Rescue Division Chief Shawn Whited said crews arrived around 1 a.m. at the Dade City farm near Tampa, operated by Cal-Maine, one of the country's largest egg producers. No injuries were reported, but two of the four barns on the property were destroyed. Cal-Maine Vice President and CFO Max Bowman told USA TODAY it was a "rough day," but that the company was "very thankful" nobody was...

Hundreds of thousands of chickens die in Florida barn fire Tim Fitzsimons © Provided by NBC News A large blaze overnight in Florida killed up to a quarter of a million chickens, according to local fire authorities. Three barns containing three groups of roughly 60,000-80,000 chickens burned down in the Dade City, Florida blaze, which was reported to authorities shortly after midnight Thursday. Shawn Whited, the Pasco County Fire and Rescue Division Chief of Operations, said fire crews were still at work excavating and unearthing hot spots in the wreckage of the two-story bar...

Fire kills 240,000 chickens at one of nation's largest egg farms Celine Castronuovo © Getty Images Fire kills 240,000 chickens at one of nation's largest egg farms A fire that swept through a Florida farm operated by one of the nation's largest egg producers early Thursday killed as many as 240,000 chickens. According to The Associated Press, the Pasco County fire department arrived at the Cal-Maine Foods farm located about 40 miles north of Tampa around 1 a.m. Three barns each containing about 80,000 chickens caught fire. The Tampa Bay Times reported that two of the barn...