More than 25,000 turkeys have been killed in separate fires at farms in Iowa and South Dakota
A fire at a turkey farm south of Wapello, Iowa, killed about 10,700 juvenile turkeys and caused about $300,000 in damages to the building.
The Hawk Eye reports that the fire occurred on April 20, when Wapello firefighters were called to Gentle Ben’s Turkey Farm. Authorities say a large turkey barn, about 40-foot x 250-foot, was completely consumed by fire by the time firefighters arrived and the building had already collapsed.
Authorities say the fire burned rapidly because of high winds and a heavy covering of sawdust bedding. The cause of this fire has not been determined, but officials say it’s not considered suspicious.
No people were injured in the blaze.
Some 15,000 turkeys died late on April 21 when a fire destroyed their barn in southeastern South Dakota.
The Montrose Fire Department was called to the Orland Hutterite Colony near Montrose just after 11 p.m. Friday in McCook County. The roof of the barn had already collapsed by the time crews arrived.
KELO-TV reports the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Montrose is about 30 miles west of Sioux Falls.
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