Thousands of chickens die in Abbotsford barn fire

Tens of thousands of chickens have died in an Abbotsford, B.C., barnfire.

Firefighters were called to the propertyin theRoss Road area around 1 p.m Tuesday. Theyarrived to find the two-storey barn fully engulfed by"flames from one end to the other."

Assistant fire chief Ron Hull said there were around 25,000 chickens inside.

"It is a loss to the farmer and there's a time frame for getting the farm back up and running, so it is a fairly big loss for the owners of the farm," he said.

Hull said crews were able to stop the flames from spreading to a second barn, which likely would've burned down as well, given the hot, dry weather.

The assistant fire chief said the AbbotsfordFire Department continues to investigatehow it started.