A fire completely destroyed a barn at Layer unit 4 operated by Trillium Farms, part of the Versova Holdings Group.  The conflagration broke out at approximately 2:00 am April 21st requiring a response by fifteen fire companies from Licking and surrounding counties. Fortunately there were no injuries to either Trillium employees or the fire crews.

The barn, presumably holding close to 200,000 hens was completed destroyed and an adjoining barn was damaged with losses in the flock.

In 2018 a fire destroyed an empty pullet barn at the complex.  The Croton complex houses seven million hens. The cause of the fire will be investigated but based on experience in the U.S. industry, faulty wiring or an overheated ventilation fan are usually the cause of a single-barn fire.