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Thousands of Cows Killed in Farm Explosion – Intercessors for America

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From The Daily Wire. More than 18,000 cows were killed on Monday in a fire at South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, Texas.

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Authorities received several calls that employees were trapped in a milking facility, with at least one worker sent to the hospital in critical condition after he was rescued by first responders, according to a report from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Castro County Sheriff Sal Rivera said that a fire from an explosion spread to a building where cattle are held before they are brought to the milking area, according to a report from KFDA, with all of the cows except for a small percentage dying in the disaster. …

Officials with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality assisted workers with disposing of the cattle carcasses. The Animal Welfare Institute said the fire was the deadliest with respect to cattle deaths since the organization started to monitor barn fires one decade ago.

The disaster in the small town comes after several similar reports of industrial and agricultural accidents across the nation in recent months. The incidents include a blaze at a nursery supply company in Kissimmee, Florida; a crash between a train and semi-truck which resulted in a chemical spill near Splendora, Texas; and a fire at a recycling plant in Richmond, Indiana.

Another train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was triggered two months ago when a malfunctioning axle caused the vehicle to derail and leak volatile chemicals, impacting the air and water supply of the small rust belt community. …

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(Excerpt from The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Canva)

 

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