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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Josh Marcus

6,000 pigs killed after being trapped in barn during wind-fueled fire at Ohio farm

Around 6,000 pigs died in a huge fire on Wednesday at a farm outside Columbus, Ohio.

The blaze at Fine Oak Farms in London began when a refrigerator in an employee break room caught fire, and it spread quickly through barns housing the facility’s hogs, thanks to high winds pushing the blaze through air vents normally used to keep the pigs cool.

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