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A Christmas Eve fire at Cornerstone Farms brought a total loss of their barn, 1,000 milking goats, 15 peacocks and a dog.
Photo courtesy of Cornerstone Farms
HENNING, Minn. Funds are on the way for a Henning, Minn., family who lost their barn, and everything in it, to a fire on Christmas Eve.
The Springer family lost their barn, tractors, straw, 1,000 milking goats, 15 peacocks and a dog in the fire that s believed to have started around 3 a.m. at their farm, Cornerstone Farm, northeast of Henning.
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A barn smolders in the aftermath of a devastating Christmas Eve fire at Cornerstone Farm in Otter Tail County. Photo courtesy of Cornerstone Farm
HENNING, Minn. An Otter Tail County farm is getting thousands of dollars of support from the Henning community and beyond after a barn went up in flames on Christmas Eve, killing hundreds of animals and destroying equipment.
Cornerstone Farm owner Brittany Springer said the community has donated almost $4,500 for repairs and new equipment after 95% of the equipment was lost in the fire.
Minnesota Barn Fire Kills Scores of Goats, Other Animals
MINNEAPOLIS= Authorities say a barn fire on a western Minnesota farm killed 1,000 goats and other animals.
Reports say the blaze struck the Cornerstone Farm s dairy barn northeast of Henning at about 3 a.m. Thursday.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff s Office said along with the goats, dairy operators Brittany and Stephen Springer lost a dog trained to tend to the herd, 15 peacocks and at least two tractors in the fire that ravaged the barn.
Sheriff s Lt. Greg Seim says the fire is under investigation but it doesn t appear suspicious.
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Authorities say a barn fire on a western Minnesota farm killed 1,000 goats and other animals.
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Authorities say a barn fire on a western Minnesota farm killed 1,000 goats and other animals.
The Star Tribune reports the blaze struck the Cornerstone Farm’s dairy barn northeast of Henning at about 3 a.m. Thursday.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said along with the goats, dairy operators Brittany and Stephen Springer lost a dog trained to tend to the herd, 15 peacocks and at least two tractors in the fire that ravaged the barn.
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