An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that killed more than 18,000 cows and injured a worker may be the deadliest barn fire on record, wiping out almost 3 percent of the state's milk cows.
Pictured is the explosion at a dairy farm near the Texas Panhandle that might have killed up to 18,000 cows.An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that killed more than 18,000 cows and injured a worker may be the deadliest barn fire on record, wiping out almost 3 percent of the state's milk cows.
A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Insurance department, which oversees the state Fire Marshal's Office, said the explosion is under investigation and referred questions to Castro County Sheriff Salvador Rivera, who did not immediately return phone calls for comment Thursday. “It’s mind-boggling,” Dimmitt Mayor Roger Malone told USA Today. “I don’t think it’s ever happened before around here. It’s a real tragedy.”
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