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Thousands of Dairy Cows Likely Killed, Worker Injured in Explosion at Texas Farm
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Posted on 04/12/2023 8:32:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
The number of dairy cows killed Monday by smoke and fire has not yet been confirmed by officials, but early estimates number in the thousands
One person is in critical condition and thousands of cows are believed to have been killed in an explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle Monday night.
The explosion happened at the Southfork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt at about 7:30 p.m. According to KCBD-TV in Lubbock, a worker was trapped inside the milking facility and was hospitalized in critical condition after being rescued by first responders.
No other injuries to employees were reported.
KCBD reported the fire from the explosion is believed to have spread through the dairy building and into the dairy cow holding pens. While the number of cows killed in the fire has not been confirmed, preliminary reports online indicate thousands of dairy cows may have been killed by fire and smoke.
The cause of the fire has not yet been confirmed, though Castro County Sheriff Sal Rivera told KCBD that early speculation is that methane may have been ignited by overheating electrical equipment used to suck out waste from the holding pens.
The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.
Dimmitt is in Castro County and is roughly halfway between Lubbock and Amarillo, west of Tulia.
TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: beef; castrocounty; cattle; dairy; dimmitt; ecoterrorism; ecoterrorists; explosion; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hh2; southforkdairyfarm; texas; tx
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To: Red Badger
no smoking near cows... c’mon
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:34:57 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gene Eric
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:35:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
Yeah, because milk is so volatile. /sarc
What is going on with these food plants?
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:35:54 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
To: mikelets456
Explosive diarrhea maybe.
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:36:38 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
To: fwdude
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:36:44 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
To: Red Badger
Not as big as the Russian volcano but,
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:36:50 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
To: fwdude; mikelets456
Watch, the price of hamburger will suddenly drop....................
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:37:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Dairy farms should not be that large.
We need a resurgence of the traditional family farm.
To: 9YearLurker
This is the age of “BIG” everything...................
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:39:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
There’s just something in particular about penned animals dying in fires that disturbs me. The thought of the terror and pain these poor animals went through is very disturbing
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:43:11 AM PDT
by
j.havenfarm
(22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:43:27 AM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: fwdude
To: Openurmind
20,000 cows burped..................
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:46:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: j.havenfarm
Yes, like those racehorses a few years back all burned to death in the stable fire....................
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:47:46 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
“Watch, the price of hamburger will suddenly drop....................”
More likely permanent dairy shortages and price increases.
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:53:59 AM PDT
by
beef
(Say NO to the WOE (War On Energy))
To: Red Badger
You know they are going to use this...
“See how dangerous cows are!”
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:57:31 AM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Red Badger
probably caused by someone trying to light cow farts.
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posted on
04/12/2023 8:59:16 AM PDT
by
euram
(allALL)
To: Red Badger; Tilted Irish Kilt; Roman_War_Criminal; Diana in Wisconsin; null and void
Another intentional act of sabotage to enact government created food shortages and famine industrial *accident*.
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posted on
04/12/2023 9:04:10 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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