OREANDA-NEWS In the Kursk region, as a result of a powerful fire, two buildings were damaged at the Chicken Kingdom poultry farm. Details about the fire were told in the press service of the Cherkizovo group, which owns the company, writes RBC.

The buildings, which are located on one of the seven sites of the poultry farm in the Gorshechensk district, were damaged. There were birds in one of the buildings at the time of the fire, but the factory workers were evacuated.

"One of the company's employees sought medical help. The causes of the fire are being established," the company said. They assured that the units of the complex are operating normally.

The fire in the Chicken Kingdom started on Thursday, January 9th. The fire spread over an area of 5,000 square meters, and one employee of the company was injured. Previously, the cause of the emergency was a fire in the electrical wiring, but experts have not yet fully figured out what happened, said Alexander Khinstein, acting head of the region. However, according to unofficial data, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to strike at the enterprise with the help of drones.

Footage from the scene of the fire also appeared online. Eyewitnesses filmed a huge column of smoke. The Chicken Kingdom enterprise is one of the Russian market leaders in the production of chilled and frozen poultry meat.