Fire at Minnesota Poultry Farm Building Kills Tens of Thousands of Chickens

Part of a string of fires at food production plants across the country

Barn fire at the Ely Fischer farm in Lancaster County, Pa., on Feb. 10, 2022. Timothy Coover Maytown/East Donegal Township Fire Department Photographer

Tens of thousands of egg-laying chickens are estimated to have been killed in a barn fire on May 28 at one of Minnesota’s largest egg producers.

Wright County fire officials reportedly are still trying to determine the cause of the blaze at Forsman Farms that destroyed the building.