Borden-Carleton farmers lose pigs in Jan. 4 fire
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BORDEN-CARLETON, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. farm has misplaced a few of its livestock following a Jan. 4 fireplace.
The hearth at D&E Pork Inc. – domestically generally known as Dale Murray’s farm – took out a portion of one of many barns. Some pigs had been killed within the blaze.
At round 5:45 p.m., the Borden-Carleton Fireplace Division obtained a name {that a} barn on Murray Highway had caught fireplace.
“As quickly as I had reached the hearth corridor from my home, I may see the hearth,” mentioned Borden-Carleton Fireplace Chief Shawn Jessome. “So, I mechanically referred to as in Kinkora and Crapaud fireplace departments for mutual help.”
Firefighters from Victoria later joined to combat the blaze, bringing a truck with water. A crew had blocked off Murray Highway, solely granting entry to emergency personnel.
Whereas a number of the barn was misplaced, Jessome mentioned that firefighters had been capable of include it to 1 part of the constructing.
“There’s nonetheless pigs housed within the buildings that had been untouched,” mentioned Jessome. “A number of the members of the family … had been capable of transfer pigs from one part to a different that the hearth wasn’t close to … We had been capable of save a fairly good portion of that enterprise.”
The home on the property, removed from the hearth, was unscathed, and no accidents to any staff that had remained on-site.
Firefighters from the 4 departments had been on the scene till 3 a.m.; Borden-Carleton firefighters returned at 4:30 a.m., spending a half hour coping with a flare-up.
“It was pretty properly concerned after we obtained on scene,” mentioned Jessome. “Our fundamental concern was defending the remaining buildings which are related into that operation.”
When Jessome spoke to SaltWire Community at 10:30 a.m. on Jan 5, the reason for the hearth remained underneath investigation.
Kristin Gardiner is a reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. She might be reached by e-mail at [email protected] and adopted on Twitter @KristinGardiner.
