Neighbors say smoke from ongoing chicken waste fire is making it hard to breathe

Some families in western Catawba County have avoided going outside for weeks due to a fire at a barn that holds chicken waste. It’s been burning since Oct. 27.

Neighbors told Channel 9’s Dave Faherty the smoke coming from the farm on Old Shelby Road gets bad in the evening and early in the morning.

The owners of the farm say part of the problem is that the roof collapsed at their chicken litter pole barn during the fire…

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