Posted on 01/04/2014, 9:44 am, by mySteinbach

On January 2, 2014, just before 3pm, Steinbach RCMP responded to a barn on fire southeast of Steinbach, Manitoba.

RCMP officers arrived on scene with the local fire department to discover the building fully engulfed in flames. Police say that 5,000 breeding hens perished in the fire.

RCMP report that there was no human injury in this incident and that the fire did not spread to any of the other buildings on the property. The barn is considered a complete loss.

The Office of the Fire Commissioner continues to investigate the cause of the fire. At present, it does not appear suspicious in nature.