A fire ravaged a pig farm in Froidos, in the Meuse, on Wednesday evening, mobilizing around thirty firefighters. 280 animals were saved, however more than 400 pigs perished in the disaster.
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-An unpleasant surprise on Wednesday evening around 5:30 p.m., for a couple of breeders from the Meuse, whose pig farm located in Froidos, near Verdun, was the victim of a fire. Around thirty firefighters and eight fire engines were involved in the fire. The fire was brought under control at 7:40 p.m. according to the CODIS 55 room manager.280 animals were saved out of the 720 on the farm“. They were all in a 1500m² building.
According to our colleagues from the Republican East: “It is a smoldering fire, which gives off a lot of smoke. He would have eaten in the room nicknamed “the soup”, that is to say the place where the animal food is prepared. A room adjoining the one where the pigs are located, itself adjoining a garage which is adjoining an unoccupied residential area.
The dead animals were caused by asphyxiation according to initial findings yesterday evening.
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