Fire
destroyed a hog finishing barn Olymel owns near Sturgis, Sask., killing all of
the approximately 10,000 pigs inside.
The
east-central Saskatchewan community was a finishing barn, said Richard
Vigneault, a company spokesperson. It was known as the Kopje barn.
“It’s very
unfortunate,” he said.
“It’s a total
loss. Fortunately all the staff is OK, but the animals all perished.”
Vigneault
said the cause was unknown.
Olymel has a
second barn and feed mill nearby that were not affected.
