Truck full of chickens catches fire

[Catherine]

A truck hauling chickens on a Toronto Highway, caught fire.

There were 8,000 chickens on that truck. That is eight thousand! On one truck! The conditions couldn't have been too good even without the fire.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ch...-1.3068969

They estimate that 3,000 chickens died. I wonder how many were already dead from the horrific transport conditions.

The comments are interesting and disturbing as usual.

The video I saw earlier on my phone showed firemen spraying released chickens as they sprayed the truck. I didn't see much rescuing or any concern for the chickens.
That seems to have come later.(I can't find the earlier video, yet)
Found it!
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/slow-moving-tr...-1.2368209

I found this video disturbing because those white lumps on the road are live chickens. Why are they not rushing in to help them. Later on they unloaded the truck, but there were injured birds in the crushed crates. How long did they suffer or were they simply hauled on another truck to the slaughterhouse to be killed no mater what.