More than 18,000 cows died after an explosion and fire at a family dairy farm in west Texas, marking the deadliest such barn blaze on record in the US. Firefighters rescued one employee from the South Fork Dairy near Dimmitt on Monday (April 10) as flames raced through a building and into holding pens, according to images and statements from...
Smoke rises at the Southfork Dairy Farms, after an explosion and a fire killed around 18,000 cows, near Dimmitt, Texas, US, on April 11, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media.More than 18,000 cows died after an explosion and fire at a family dairy farm in west Texas, marking the deadliest such barn blaze on record in the US.
The cause of the fire was under investigation and it was not immediately possible to contact members of the family who own the farm in one of Texas' biggest milk production counties.
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