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Glen E. Ellman / Fort Worth FD via NBCDFW
Fort Worth, Texas, firefighters managed to rescue eight horses, but 11 died in the fire Monday, Feb. 4.
Flames roared through a large stable in Fort Worth, Texas, early Monday, killing at least 11 horses, authorities said.
Fort Worth fire officials said in a statement that eight horses were rescued before the fire spread to other parts of the three-building stable complex but that one of them wasn't expected to survive.
Dozens of firefighters responded to the fire in the 3000 block of NW 30th Street, which was reported about 2:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. ET), The Dallas Morning News reported. The cause couldn't immediately be determined, fire officials said.
Bobby Tatum, a Fort Worth fire division chief, told NBC 5 of Dallas that firefighters had difficulty getting access to the building. The first crew on the scene had to run hoses about 200 feet to reach the buildings, while wind gusts of up to 20 mph also created problems, he said.
NBCDFW: Eleven horses die in overnight stable fire
One firefighter was treated at the scene for burns to his hands, authorities said.
Two of the buildings were destroyed, and the third was severely damaged.
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Where were the building codes?? Oh, that's right, it's in TX. No stable should be constructed in a way that does not have fire suppression systems within the stable itself, as well as hydrants and access drives right up to the stables.
Too expensive. They are just barns after all. Even most houses don't have fire suppression systems, and if you live in the country, you probably don't have a fire hydrant nearby either.
Why do you want to screw up a perfectly good rant with logic?
Hey, the price most of these stable owners charge for stabling your horse, they should provide better protection. Read the story again. The stables were in the 3000 block of NW 30th Street, and that would be IN THE CITY OF FT. WORTH. There should have been fire hydrants nearby and city water mains that the stables could have installed their own hydrants for fire protection...AND provided fire suppression systems within the barns. It just shows the total lack of care the owner(s) of the stables had for the animals entrusted to their care. The price most stables charge to house a horse, they darned well should have provided better safety measures. It will be interesting to see if there is a follow-up story about the property owner(s) being sued by the horses' owners, if they were owned by someone other than the stable owner(s).
BTW, here is the latest updated link I could find on the fire. The stable owner(s) still unidentified, but it was a boarding stable for show horses and youth riding schools, etc. according to the one story I read.
http://www.wfaa.com/home/11-horses-die-in-Fort-Worth-fire-189661641.html
Burger King declares this incident a huge waste of perfectly good whopper meat
And Elmer's is upset at the loss of all that glue.
I wonder if MSN might know if these horses were competitors in FWSSR? It would be a terrible way to lose your friend! AG99: this was in town, I used to live there. There is a huge stock show going on right now.
Nice. Burger King comments, very low class attempt at comedy. Not funny at all. If these were stabled, competition horses that belonged to your children you might not make fun of this. It's a sad loss. Horses are incredible creatures.
That joke wasn't for you? meh, my coworkers thought it was pretty funny...if my children owned their own competition horses wouldn't that be a little excessive? I mean a porsche for each child sure but c'mon I don't want to look like mit romney and rub my wealth in over 47% of people's faces :D
@ wootjuice sh*t: It's not only kids competing, it's adults too. The kids compete in showmanship, barrel racing, roping events, it teaches them responsibility and it's fun. You are acting like a baboon. I'm glad that you think the deaths of these graceful animals is so funny. May nothing bad ever happen in your lifetime to you or your loved ones. What the hell... you will never understand.
The obama administration has issued a statement condemning horse stall fires. A committee will be formed by Vice President Joe Biden in order to discuss the feasability of a ban on all high capacity horse stalls and fire in general.
Those poor horses. I hope it wasn't arson. John Edwards's baby's mama's[Rielle Hunter] father did that down in Wellington, FL 10 or 20 years ago for insurance money.
That is sad. If one can afford all those horses and stable then it does look like they could of had a form of fire protection sprinklers or something. I know they had to have running water out there.
It was a boarding stable. Not all horses owned by barn owner. Sometimes, moonshine, everything is not in your control. This was an "in town" facility. I agree, sprinklers should have been in place, but fire would still cause horses to panic and hurt or kill themselves trying to get away, if not ultimately dying in the fire.