28,000 chickens dead after fire in Upper Bern Township

UPPER BERN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPVI) -- Thousands of chickens were killed after a fire ripped through a Berks County property on Tuesday night.

The flames broke out around 7 p.m. on the 3000 block of Mountain Road in Upper Bern Township.

The inferno tore through a 300-foot-long chicken house.

Fire officials told Action News that 28,000 chickens died in the blaze.

No firefighters or farm workers were injured.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Thousands of chickens have died after a fire ripped through a Berks County property on Tuesday night.