Over 18,000 cows have been killed in a massive explosion at a dairy farm in west Texas State. This is the most noxious outburst for livestock on record in the US.
As per USA Today, the number is about three times the total number of cows butchered each and every day in the United States. On Monday, a person also got injured in the massive explosion at South Fork Dairy in Texas.
What Did The Mayor Say?
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Roger Malone, the Mayor of Dimmitt, Texas, referred to the death of the innocent cows as “breathtaking” Further he added that it was a “real tragedy.” The executives have trust that a fire broke out in the machine of the farm, which lead to the ignition of methane gas.
The top official of Castro County, County Judge Mandy Gfeller revealed that equipment broke out at the farm which eventually resulted in the explosion that caused the fire, as per the reports of BBC.
The Executives of Texas are still examining the actual reason causing the incident, she further added.
It took about a complete day for the fire brigade to drench the flame, which is said to have to open out swiftly by the holding pens where a number of hundreds and thousands of dairy cows were cumulated together for being milked.
Farm Worker Got Injured!!
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A dairy farm worker got injured and eventually got rescued and admitted to the hospital. As per the reports of Tuesday, the worker is still in a critical situation but is stable now. Except for that worker, there was no other human to get injured.
The Photos of the incident shared on social media reportedly revealed a big crest of black smoke swilling out of the farm.
Sheriff Sal Rivera told local news channel KFDA that the majority of the cattle died after the fire.“There are a few that got survived and there are some that are doubtlessly injured to that stage where they will have to be knocked down,” he was cited as saying.
He revealed the examiners had trusted that fire may have initiated with a machine which is popularly known as “honey badger”, which he referred to as a “vacuum that sucks the manure and water out.”
“There is a high probability that got overheated and possibly the methane and things like that ignited and spread out and also exploded.”
The Report And The Number
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As per the reports, the 18,000 cows which died, stand for 90% of the total herd of the farm, with each estimated at about $2,000. The executives believe that it may influence milk production in the state.
Castro County is the county that stands in the second-highest milk-producing sector in the city. As per the reports, the county has about 15 dairies making almost 67,000 kg of milk in a month.