PLYMPTON-WYOMING, Ont. – Nearly 4,000 pigs were killed when a fire destroyed a large barn in southwestern Ontario.
Provincial police say the blaze broke out just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday and quickly spread throughout the barn in the town of Plympton-Wyoming, Ont., east of Sarnia, Ont.
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OPP say at the time of the fire, the barn held about 4,000 pigs, which were all killed.
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They say there is nothing suspicious about the fire at this point and the cause of the blaze has yet to be determined.
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No people were injured in the fire.
Several area fire departments helped fight the flames and the Plympton-Wyoming fire department was still on the scene on Wednesday morning.
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