Over 15,000 chickens lost in Caroline County chicken house fire

FEDERALSBURG, Md. – Officials say nearly 16,000 chickens died in a chicken house fire Friday morning in Federalsburg.

We’re told the fire broke out at around 10:30 a.m., in a chicken house at 3640 Pepper Road. The two alarm fire took approximately one and a half hours to extinguish.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Fire damage has been estimated at $200,000, and we’re that that approximately 15,800 chickens died in the fire.

Anyone with information on this fire should contact the Maryland State Fire Marshal at 410-822-7609.