FARM TRAGEDY
An estimated 800 head of cattle were killed in a fire that destroyed a dairy farm in Steinbach, Man. Steinbach’s fire chief, Kelvin Toews, says about 200 animals survived the overnight blaze at the four-barn Pennwood Dairy, northeast of the city. Several people escaped the fire, he said. Crews from six fire departments fought for hours to control the flames that belched clouds of thick, black smoke across a wide area. The cause of fire is not yet known.