Barn fire kills 80 cows

[Catherine]

Yet another barn fire. I think it is still burning as I type this. The barn was fully engulfed by the time help arrived.  The cattle in the burning barn could not be saved.  Only the buildings around them were saved. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ba...-1.6035359

Burning barns and animal deaths is an ongoing fairly frequent problem. That tells me that the fire codes for barns are not that good. There really needs to be a serious review of past fires and some clear recommendations on how to prevent future fires. A lot of barn fires are electrical in nature. Maybe barns need new standards for wiring and heating. Certainly there need to be fire doors and sprinklers. There also should be a plan to get the animals out alive. It is too heart breaking to keep reading about animals trapped in burning barns.