The explosion that killed at least 18,000 cattle at a dairy farm in Dimmitt, Texas, earlier this week is the deadliest barn fire involving cattle ever, according to a nonprofit organization.
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More than 18,000 dairy cows are dead after a massive explosion and fire at Southford Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, Texas. The Animal Welfare Institute, which started tracking barn fires in 2013, has reported this to be the deadliest barn fire to date.
DIMMITT, Texas An explosion earlier this week at a dairy farm in the Texas panhandle critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of cattle, according to the Animal Welfare Institute, marking the deadliest barn fire the nonprofit has recorded.
An estimated 18,000 milking cows were killed, and one person was left critically injured, after an explosion ripped through a Texas dairy farm on Monday. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of.