ICYMI: There was a horrific explosion at a Texas farm.
According to reports, more than 18,000 cows were killed in the explosion.
Early reports stated that it could have been an issue with ventilation and a piece of electrical equipment.
Wiped Out
This is going to put a huge dent in the local dairy supply, not to mention the local devastation from the explosion.
Along with the cows, there was one person that was critically injured.
The Castro County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the majority of the farms cows were in a holding bin at the Southfork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt when the explosion happened.
Very few, if any of the cows survived.
The images from the explosion were horrific.
Castro County Sherif Sal Rivera stated, “Your count probably is close to that.
“There’s some that survived, there’s some that are probably injured to the point where they’ll have to be destroyed.”
Rivera added, “The speculation was probably what they call a honey badger, which is a vacuum that sucks the manure and water out and possibly that it got overheated and probably the methane and things like that ignited and spread out and exploded and the fire.”
The Texas State Fire Marshall is investigating the explosion.
Source: Fox News
