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800 cows killed by a fire at a dairy farm
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A dairy farm in southern Manitoba had a serious fire that involved their four main barns. All four barns were destroyed along with 800 cows. A possible 200 cows were rescued.

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/about-800-ca...-1.4546356


The barns were connected so the fire was able to spread from one barn to another. They were also wood structures.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/...-1.5243635

I have to wonder that they could get so many cows into barns that size. Of course they had a ventilation system, but that is part of why the fire spread so fast.  As usual there was no way to evacuate the cows. Most of them would have been trapped in their pens.
One thing I noticed in the article was the point they made about everyone getting to safety and then they mention the 800 dead cows. Everyone clearly didn't get to safety.

There needs to be something done to protect barns from fires like this. Every year hundreds of animals die in fires, still trapped in their pens. Eight hundred dead cows is not a small loss of life.
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Catherine

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800 cows killed by a fire at a dairy farm - by Catherine - 08-13-2019, 04:11 PM

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