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Two fires rage in Orange County

Two fires this morning in Orange County damaged two buildings.

A four-alarm fire at the Ace Egg Farm in the Town of Woodbury this morning damaged a large commercial building. Initial reports indicate 13 tanker fire trucks were called to the scene to extinguish the blaze which was reported at 12:30 a.m. "They lost most of the barn," said one Woodbury Frie Department firefighter.

Meanwhile, a two-alarm fire was reported shortly after 3 a.m. today on Clifford Court off Route 94 in Warwick. The fire, in an unknown type structure, brought out the Goshen Fast Team. Three additional tanker trucks were called to the scene for additional water supply.

17,000 chickens killed in fire

Blackened rubble is all that remained of a wooden barn with corrugated metal that burned to the ground at Ace Farms early this morning in the Town of Woodbury.
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, was reported a little after midnight. Firefighters from 20 companies responded to the scene, as did some 13 tanker trucks.
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.

Read more about this story in tomorrow's Times Herald-Record.

Times Herald-Record/JEFF GOULDING

A landscaper, Lipa Oppenheim, not knowing about the late night fire broke on Tuesday at Ace Farms in the town of Woodbury goes in search of a farm worker to see if he can still get some supplies.