A machine malfunction Monday evening at a dairy farm near Dimmitt, Texas, sparked a blast that left 18,000 cows dead and one worker critically injured.
At around 7:21 p.m., the Castro County Sheriff’s Office received 911 calls reporting the explosion and fire at South Fork Dairy Farm.
South Fork, which has been open less than a year, had just 1,000 cows survive after fire spread to holding pens, according to KCBD, a Lubbock NBC affiliate.
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