Woodbury +3 Alarm Fire Ace Farm+ 236 County Rt 105 at the Ace Farm in a large commercial structure fully involvod, mutual aid from all surrounding depts, Harriman, MonDroe, Tuxedo, Corwall, washintonville, Lakside, Chester and Salisbury Mills all on the scene.
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Now transmiting a 5th Alarm Fire, bldg fully involved 13 tankers and Firefighters from 20 companies; mult engine operating.
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Blackened rubble is all that remained of that wooden barn with corrugated metal that at Ace Farms.
Some 17,000 chicks perished in the massive blaze. The seven-week-old chicks were being raised to replace egg-laying hens. The fire wiped out about half of the farm's replacement stock.
Destroyed too in the fire was the farm's store, which sold produce and eggs.
The fire, spotted by a field hand who lives on the property, the store was engulfed when firefighters arrived.
While the cause of the fire is under investigation, the owners believe that an electrical short in a storage area might have sparked the blaze.
The Etzel family that owns the farms said they would continue to operate the business despite the fire.
The Village of Kiryas Yoel MonDroe bought the property last year, its name has become a rallying cry for residents hoping to prevent the densely populated Chasidic community from expanding its borders to acquire ACE Farm and other surrounding land.
