United States: The 911 calls came quickly after reports of an explosion and fire on Monday at a dairy farm in Dimmitt, Texas, which subsequently turned out to have trapped one female employee and thousands of calves inside a milking parlour.
Rescue personnel arrived and saw the massive plume of smoke mushrooming over the plains
After seven o’clock in the evening, rescue personnel arrived and saw the massive plume of smoke mushrooming over the plains. The employee, whose name has not been made public by the authorities, was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, where she was still receiving treatment as of Thursday, according to officials. Sid Miller, the Texas agricultural commissioner, issued a statement that read, “While devastating, I’m grateful that there were no further injuries.”
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Over six million animals have perished in those fires
Sid Miller reported that over 18000 of the livestock had perished. According to Mr. Miller, this was the deadliest barn fire for cattle in Texas history. “The cleanup and investigation may take some time.” According to information from the Animal Welfare Institute, a nonprofit organisation that has been tracking barn fires since 2013, the incident looks to be the largest mass death of cattle in a single fire, not only in Texas but also across the United States, in at least two decades. Less than 1% of the animals killed in barn fires during that time have been cattle. The organisation claims that over six million animals have perished in those fires, which are frequently brought on by electrical problems.
More than 35000 dairy cows were killed by a blizzard in Texas in 2016
But there have been instances where cattle have perished in large numbers. More than 35,000 dairy cows were killed by a blizzard in Texas in 2016. The destructive wildfires of the following year caused the loss of livelihoods and herds for some Californian cattle producers. The state fire marshal’s office is still looking into the origin of Monday’s explosion and fire at the South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, Texas, a population of about 4,000 people southwest of Amarillo.
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