Massive flames burned down a barn with tens of thousands of chickens in Wright County. The fire started late Saturday night at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake, causing major damage.
According to WCCO, The Trebesch family thought they would spend Saturday night around their bonfire, but just after 10 p.m., they noticed massive flames across the field at Forsman Farms. “It was unbelievable how quick it grew, it was insane,” Andy Trebesch said. “It was the whole sky, it was quite large.”
They called 911. Firefighters from multiple agencies across Wright County showed up, many volunteer firefighters. A barn housing tens of thousands of chickens were leveled, in what a farm spokesperson called a “tragic accident.”
Eddie Olson was having a bonfire in his backyard, about six miles away in Cokato, when he started hearing sirens. “I’m a SKYWARN spotter so I do a lot of radio communications and stuff and this is one of maybe 50 radios I have.
I just grabbed one and heard that they were dispatching other departments. So I knew it was big,” Olson said. Olson filmed video at the scene of the fire. “It’s a lot of chickens. It’s a hit to the egg market, it’s people’s jobs, it’s a local community. So any time anything big like that happens, it’s not good,” Olson said.
