Large fire damages egg farm in northeastern Illinois
Posted December 04, 2018 6:00 am
GRANT PARK, Ill. (AP) - A fire has caused major damage at a large egg farm in rural northeastern Illinois.
The fire broke out about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mussman's Back Acres near the Kankakee County village of Grant Park.
Television helicopter video showed flames and heavy smoke pouring from two several hundred feet-long metal farm buildings where the roofs had collapsed. At least 20 fire department vehicles were at the scene about 40 miles south of Chicago near the Illinois-Indiana state line. No injuries were immediately reported.
The (Kankakee) Daily Journal reports the farm is owned by Martin, Michigan-based Konos Inc. and has had capacity for 350,000 hens. State fire marshal investigators were on the scene.
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