One of Minnesota’s largest egg producers suffered a considerable setback on May 29 when one of its poultry buildings in Howard Lakes went up in flames.
Wright County fire officials reportedly are still trying to determine the cause of the blaze at Forsman Farms that razed the structure killing tens of thousands of egg-laying hens.
“We’re surveying the damage to see if there’s anything beyond the building” that suffered structural damage, said company spokesman Jon Austin.
“It’s a substantial facility with hundreds of thousands of chickens on-site,” Austin told The Epoch Times.
The fire was reported at around 10 p.m., and spread quickly….