Thousands of chickens have died in a fire which broke out at a Nottinghamshire barn.

At its height, five crews tackled the fire at the building, which contained 32,000 chickens, on Cotgrave Road in Stragglethorpe.

A fire and rescue spokesman said about 9,000 chickens died during the fire which started at 0530 GMT.

It is thought the fire could have started in an extractor fan. Fire crews are carrying out investigations.