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From KAKE.com: NEWTON, KS – Authorities say a gas leak caused an explosion and fire at a Newton barn on Thursday afternoon.
Crews responded after 3 p.m. on Thursday to the report of a large fire at a chicken barn in the 1400 block of N West Road.
Crews arrived to find a large fire and requested assistance from neighboring communities for water supply to fight the fire.
According to the Newton Fire Department, the barn was at or near capacity with 20,000 chickens inside.
Authorities said one person was also inside the barn at the time of the fire, but was uninjured.
The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office said the tragic explosion was caused by a gas leak.
Newton is located just north of Wichita, Kansas.
First responders believe a gas leak caused an explosion at this chicken barn west of Newton. One man was inside at the time, but at the other end of the building. He’s safe. But the explosion, fire & building collapse has killed 20,000 chickens. #kakenews pic.twitter.com/Yl0zILD0Qs
— Pilar Pedraza TV @ KAKE (@PilarPedrazaTV) November 21, 2024
#BREAKING FROM NEWTON FIRE/EMS: 20K chickens in barn at time of explosionhttps://t.co/72tv3JbuT6 pic.twitter.com/N9ZdSkVVVh
— KWCH 12 News (@KWCH12) November 21, 2024
BREAKING: Newton fire crews are on the scene of a large chicken barn fire in the 1400 Block of N West Rd after an explosion was reported. No injuries have been reported, officials say.
📸: Newton Fire/EMS pic.twitter.com/xArjXMQBoK
— KAKE News (@KAKEnews) November 21, 2024
Similar incidents have occurred in other states:
January 2024 – Several thousand chickens were killed in a fire at Feather Crest Farms in Bryan, Texas.
SHOCKING: Tens of thousands of chickens trapped in a barn on fire in Texas yesterday.
If these were dogs or cats, there would be an international outcry. What’s the difference?
RT if you’re also sick of animals being the victims of this cruel world we’ve created for them. 😡 pic.twitter.com/lgrf6k5Pih
— John Oberg (@JohnOberg) January 31, 2024
May 2024 – Over one million chickens were killed in a massive fire at Farina Farms Inc, a Marion County, Illinois, chicken farm.
Millions of Chickens Were Killed in a Fire at Farina Farms Inc. in Illinois, One of the Nation’s Largest Free-Range Egg Facilities. Some of the structures 300ft away ‘mysteriously’ set on fire as well. pic.twitter.com/Qj62nD54oL
— David Wolfe (@DavidWolfe) June 1, 2024
January 2023 – An estimated 100,000 hens perished in a fire at Hillandale Farms in Bozrah, Connecticut.
🚨#UPDATE: More video shows a closer look of the massive egg farm fire that firefighters currently battling with reports that the fire is spreading to other areas of the farm More departments have been called in pic.twitter.com/OjY0PkVlOX
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 28, 2023
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