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Andrews – An intense fire destroyed one of eight chicken barns at Andrews Valley Poultry Farm on Friday night.
Firefighters from Valleytown Fire and Rescue and throughout the county responded to the blaze at around 10 p.m. Friday.
Andrews Valley Poultry Farm is part of Dutt & Wagner of North Carolina.
“It was a very large operation.,” Cherokee County Fire Marshal Kevin Carter said. “Every fire department in the county played a role as well as EM (Emergency Management), my office, EMS, law enforcement, and Town of Andrews water department. Had neighboring states doing standby for us while our guys were engaged in this fire.”
More details will be published as they become available.