Coincidence? At Least Ten Large Farm Fires in Ten Days

June  2022

   There were seven major farm fires in the United States over a recent 10-day period.

   In the big picture, they were for the most part relatively small-scale events. But with reports of so many fires at food production facilities, you can’t help but notice.

   Coincidence? It could be. But it does get your attention.

   A barn in Hanover Township, Ohio, burned June 6. Officials initially were concerned that a person was in the burning structure but found no people or animals inside, according to the Butler County Journal-News.

   June 4 was a North Smithfield, Rhode Island, horse farm fire. Thankfully, none of the 40 horses was injured, but it was the second fire at the site in two days – a blaze June 2 destroyed a horse ring, WJAR-TV in Providence reported.

   Also June 4 was a multialarm fire at an empty barn in Cedarville, New York, according to WKTV-TV in Utica.

   That night, tens of thousands of chickens died in a fire at an egg production facility in Wright County, Minnesota, WCCO-TV in Minneapolis said.

   On June 3, some 70 dairy cows escaped when their barn in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, caught fire, and they had to be rounded up to avoid being hit by fire equipment, according to the Express-Times in Lehi ...

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