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Pigs, duck die in Bishopvill­e barn fire

- BY ASHLEY THOMPSON KINGSCOUNT­YNEWS.CA

The scene is somber at the site of a hobby farm that lost four pigs and a duck to a barn fire Jan. 4.

“It was quickly knocked down, probably knocked down and contained within 15 minutes,” said Paul Maynard, a deputy chief with the Hantsport Fire Department.

“The livestock, unfortunat­ely, did perish in the fire.”

Firefighte­rs were dispatched to the working barn fire on Fuller Road in Bishopvill­e, a community bordering Hants and Kings counties, around 10 a.m. The barn, measuring approximat­ely 16 by 20 feet, was fully engulfed when crews arrived.

“The cause is accidental and electrical in nature,” said Maynard.

The building, he added, is insured.

“It was sort of a hobby farm more or less, not a commercial operation.”

Fire department­s from Windsor, Brooklyn and Wolfville assisted at the scene, offering crews and tankers to help with the response.

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 ?? HANTSPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT ?? A fire that leveled this barn in Bishopvill­e Friday morning proved deadly for four pigs and a duck.
HANTSPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT A fire that leveled this barn in Bishopvill­e Friday morning proved deadly for four pigs and a duck.

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