Chickens Fry in Washington Blaze

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Firefighters are on the scene of an overnight fire that gutted several chicken coops and killed thousands of chickens in Stanwood.

Flames shooting as high as 40 feet burned through a National Food Corporation facility on 268th Street Northwest near 28th Avenue, just west of I-5.

The fire destroyed three large coops, each about 600 feet long.

The damage is estimated at more than $2 million.

KIRO 7's Michelle Millman continues to gather new information from the scene.

Watch her live reports with new video at 6 a.m. on KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

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