Moark Farms fire results in chicken coop, chick losses

A fire at Moark Farms' facility near San Jacinto, Calif., claimed a chicken coop and about 100,000 chicks on the morning of April 24. The fire was reported around dawn, and about two dozen firefighters found the chicken coop engulfed in flames when they arrived.

A fire at Moark Farms' facility near San Jacinto, Calif., claimed a chicken coop and about 100,000 chicks on the morning of April 24.

The fire was reported around dawn, and about two dozen firefighters found the chicken coop engulfed in flames when they arrived. Firefighters extinguished the fire within two hours  and prevented it from spreading to another nearby chicken coop, according to an Associated Press report.

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