Sunday, December 06, 2009

Ohio-2 people, 65 horses killed in fire


Ohio - Two people and 65 horses were killed Saturday when a blaze engulfed a barn at an Ohio harness racetrack, a state fire official said. The fire destroyed a large enclosure at the Lebanon Raceway near Cincinnati in southwestern Ohio. One of the people killed was a man, and there was no information yet on the other, state Fire Marshal spokesman Shane Cartmill said. Autopsies will be conducted Sunday, he said. There are 80 stalls in the barn, and 65 stalls were occupied. All the horses in those stalls died....More

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