According to reports from the company "LFD Holding", the reasons for the outbreak of the fire are still unclear • The authorities were able to save only about 1,300 animals that were in the breeding facility
The reasons for the fire are unclear
Disaster in Germany:
About 55,000 pigs perished in the town of Alt Thalin, in northeastern Germany.
Three days ago, the fire broke out in a facility for raising pigs for food and spread quickly to all parts of the place through the air vents located there, so in fact the heavy smoke and heat affected almost all the animals that were in the facility.
When authorities who tried to put out the fire managed to save only 1,300 animals.
According to reports from the company "LFD Holding", it is still unclear what caused the fire to erupt.
A spokesman for the company, Ralph Beck-Bermcamp, said that 7,000 pigs had perished in the area, the job of which was to sow males and another 50,000, mainly pigs, that were raised for food.
In fact, it is one of the largest facilities of its kind all over Germany, and following the fire, demonstrations by animal organizations broke out. No ability to escape or save themselves.
Local police spokesman Andrei Cross told the media: "We are trying to investigate what caused the disaster, and since it is a huge and destroyed compound we are also using drones to survey the rubble and investigate the process that led to the fire."
