How very sad. Those birds probably represented the efforts of someone's life and possibly even their livelihood. BE CAREFUL with electricity and heat in your coops.
It is very sad. While I'm happy no people or homes were lost, I couln't help but feel just horrible when I saw what was burning. Some of the of the people watching were making comments about the piles of poop and spontaneous combustion... those comments really ticked me off, 'cause I know there is no way that the owners would let such piles accumulate.
I'm disappointed no one was smart n caring enough to open cages n let the capable ones escape at least. what the heck would go through someones mind not thinking those conditions were no good for blow torching feathers? those poor birds..