WUFT News News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville
A chicken house in Live Oak caught on fire Wednesday night.
The $152,000 structure at Saavedra Farms, 240th Street, was destroyed, according to Suwannee County Fire Rescue.
The 24,000 two-day-old chickens inside, valued at $8,000, died.
Suwannee County Fire Rescue received the fire alarm at 10:50 p.m, according to a news release.
Crews worked through the night to extinguish the fire while protecting the other houses and propane tanks in the area.
There were no human injuries.
