Fire at Moore County farm kills 4,200 hogs
More than 4,000 hogs died late Wednesday when fire destroyed a building at a farm in the Eagle Springs community of Moore County, farm management officials told WRAL.
Posted — UpdatedAbout 50 firefighters from four fire stations responded to Deerfield Farms in the Eagle Springs community around 11 p.m., where they struggled to keep the fire from spreading to a nearby building that houses young hogs and sows
The hogs that died, the farm's owner said, weighed anywhere from 14 to 45 pounds and were valued at about $400,000. They were in a nursery building that was worth about $600,000.
Fire officials said one of the biggest challenges in fighting the fire was a lack of water in the rural location – Skill Road off N.C. Highway 705.
Insurance adjusters were expected to arrive on the property Thursday, and the farms' owner said the company plans to rebuild.
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