Overview
- The blaze, reported around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, drew about 80 firefighters to the site in Kreis Plön.
- A county fire spokesman said roughly 6,000 hens died as the 20-by-60-meter poultry hall largely collapsed.
- Crews hauled water from a nearby lake because the on-site supply could not keep pace with the flames.
- Thick smoke triggered a NINA app alert for neighbors, which authorities later lifted.
- Police have not identified a cause and have opened an investigation into the barn fire.