It took several hours and the intervention of about fifty firefighters to bring it under control.
An impressive fire broke out late Monday afternoon in a pig farm in Sarthe, reports the newspaper
Ouest-France
.
About 2,500 animals died and 850 were able to be evacuated but no injuries are to be deplored in this breeding, located in Piacé, where the material damage is heavy.
According to the daily, a gendarmerie investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of the incident.
It is the accidental track that seems privileged, the pigsty from which the fire started was being cleaned.
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