BALANGA CITY — Fire hit a portion of a multi-million-peso poultry farm, damaging buildings and razing broiler chickens and feeds, leaving an estimated damage of more than P37 million in an upland village here Saturday afternoon.
Elvira Tamayo, owner of the poultry farm in Barangay Upper Tuyo, on Sunday said destroyed were two double-decker buildings valued at P30 million, 50,000 heads of 23-day-old broiler chickens at farm gate price of P120 per kilo for P6 million, and 500 bags of feeds at P2,000 per bag for P1 million.
The broiler chickens, she said, are to be harvested in 10 to 15 days. “Hindi masyadong maliwanag kung saan nanggaling ang apoy dahil kasalukuyang nagpapakain ng manok ang mga tao nang tumakbo sa akin ang farm manager na may sunog. Nang dumating kami sa lugar ay mataas na ang usok na maitim na maitim at may apoy na,” the owner said.
“Nagsimula sa 2nd floor pero hindi lang namin malaman kung saan talaga nanggaling ang apoy dahil panay namang naiinspeksyon ang lugar at kumpleto sa lahat ng kailangan,” Tamayo added.
“Maraming feeds ang nasunog dahil nag-abot ang delivery,” she said. Tamayo said they are contract growers of Dan Way of Danilo Baylon.
Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Balanga City were still busy inspecting the area and could not yet release details on the fire.
