A lightning strike yesterday killed 20 hogs and injured 140 at a pig farm in Changhua County’s Fangyuan Township (芳苑) after an alleged failure to ground a lightning rod.
Most of the wounded pigs were not expected to recover and were to be euthanized, farm owner Lin Chia-chih (林家至) said, adding that he estimated the loss to be between NT$5 million and NT$6 million (US$168,322 and US$201,986).
The lightning bolt struck during an early-morning thunderstorm, hitting a spot that had been struck six months before, he said.
Chailese Energy (中租能源) has rented space on the roof of the pig house for solar panels,
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