Forty horses die in a barn fire in Minnesota
Forty horses died this weekend when a fire broke out at a horse ranch in Minnesota.
A barn at R & J Horse Sales in Verndale caught fire at about 6am on Sunday (21 December) morning, killing 40 horses inside.
The sales and tack area, kitchen and office were also destroyed in the fire.
Wadena County Sheriff’s office are investigating the fire but do not consider it suspicious.
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.