John Willoughby
reporter2@greenepublishing.com
Firefighters with the Madison Fire Department (MFD) had an early morning when they were dispatched to a fire at McLeod Farms, just outside of the Madison City Limits: Once at approximately 1 a.m., and again around 8:30 a.m.
According to MFD Chief Bruce Jordan, a portion of the chicken house, where chicken litter was stored, caught fire in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19. Firefighters arrived on scene around 1:18 a.m., to put out the fire ignited due to heat generated by the storage of chicken litter, said Chief Jordan. "That stuff is notorious for spontaneously burning," he added.
MFD, Madison County Fire Rescue and Pinetta Volunteer Fire Department cleared the scene at 3:42 a.m. However, MFD responded back to the scene of the incident at the reports of flames and smoke around 8:30 a.m.
No injuries were reported in the incident.