On Tuesday, Vermont State Police reported that a fire had burned a dairy barn near Grand Isle and killed around 40 cows who were trapped inside.
On Monday evening, a nearby resident observed flames emerging from the barn’s northernmost corner and immediately dialled 911. According to the authorities, he then walked to the barn and attempted to free several of the cows from their stalls there.
When the fire department came, they and the locals were able to unlock the doors, allowing many of the cows that had been locked within to escape. The fire was contained to around 140 cows, according to the police.
Investigators of the blaze discovered that the blaze began in a nook of the barn next to a garage entrance that led to the manure dump. According to the police, a farm worker had used a propane torch to defrost the frozen manure that was around the entrance, and investigators suspect that this was the cause of the smouldering fire that spread.
According to the authorities, the barn is a total loss and the estimated value is $300,000.
