Enroute home from our brunch with Joshua & Ashley on Easter morn ... we saw this billowing cloud of smoke ... so we decided to 'check it out'.
Approaching gorgeous dairy farm ...
it is a huge operating farm ...
we were the third car on the scene, the 20+ fire departments came about 10 to 15 minutes later.
I captured these photos of the devastating fire that broke our hearts to view.
This is the ladder truck trying to contain this fire.
It was unbelievable.
One cannot fathom such a horrific sight ...
All we could do was pray that no one person nor animal was injured or killed.
This is the article that appeared in our news paper release ... they actually used our photos for the newspaper article.Woodsboro --The Frederick County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a barn fire on Sunday afternoon. Fire damage to the 75- by 400-foot barn is estimated at roughly $750,000, said Mike Dmuchowski, spokesman for the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services.
Smoke from the fire was visible from Frederick shortly after it started.
About 174 cows were inside the barn when the fire started, and about 60 made it out, Dmuchowski said. One firefighter was taken from the scene for medical evaluation.
Marydon Ford was driving nearby when she saw billowing smoke from the barn getting higher and blacker.
Arriving near the scene on Legore Bridge Road, Ford said she saw flames at one end of the barn suddenly erupt.
"People were running everywhere," she said.
Oh my goodness Marydon, what a terrible thing to happen.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tragedy! All those poor cows trapped inside too. :0(
ReplyDeleteOh Marydon!! How awful! That is so very sad. Do you think they will rebuild?
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PS My verification word is *waterm*...water for putting out the fire and M for Marydon!! Can you believe it?
That's pretty scary! Such a loss!
ReplyDeleteLiz
Oh those poor people and their cows! Thats too bad so many perished. What a horrible thing to witness!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you had to witness that. What an awful way to start your day.
ReplyDeleteMarie
Hi Marydon,
ReplyDeleteoh HOW Sad, I cannot even imagine seeing this, I feel so bad, yes, all you can do in a situation like that is Pray, I feel so bad for the family whose barn and home this belongs too, those poor animals, I just feel terrible.
That is one beautiful farm.I hope those images do not stay with you long.
God Bless you
and glad you had a nice Ester despite this
hugs,
jamie
Oh, that poor farmer. How unspeakably sad.
ReplyDeleteThat truly is a tragedy. I feel very badly about the fear and suffering those poor cows experienced.
ReplyDeleteHow very sad.....I feel so badly for the owner and for the loss of his building and cows.....
ReplyDeleteHow awful..those poor cows. I hope the owners have insurance that would be a great financial loss in these poor econmic times.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine the tragedy of something like this happening. I am so glad that it wasn't worse and completely destroying everything.
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Oh, Marydon, what a terrible thing to witness. Those poor cows :( Hope the firefighter is doing okay. Hugs for you, Tammy
ReplyDeleteSooo sad! Poor animals. And sad for the farmer, too.
ReplyDeleteOh how sad! I am so sorry for all of them. Also sorry you witnessed it. Events like that stick with you in your memory! Hugs dear Marydon!
ReplyDeleteHow terribly sad Marydon .. Those poor people, and the animals .. soo sad !! I'm sorry that you had to run into this sight, and we got our Easter interrupted by a 7.2 earthquake .. I'm still shaking because of that .. Not such wonderful Easter things to celebrate !! Hope today was a wonderful one for you my friend ~
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Oh dear, Marydon, what a traumatic sight to see, and all those cows died. How sad.
ReplyDeleteThat is horrible!! Sad for all involved!! Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteOh my! How tragic! It must have been so sad to witness that.
ReplyDeleteFires are so scary...and I feel so sad for the helpless cows :(
ReplyDeleteDeb
Oh, Marydon! What a terrible tragedy! I'm so sorry.
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Oh Marydon, what a terrible thing to come across. I'm so sorry for the cows as well as the damage to the farm.
ReplyDeleteHugs to you, my friend. Hope you're feeling better today.
Lisa
Fires are very scary-I speak form experience.
ReplyDeleteThe loss is devastating.
Have a good evening.
Melinda
What a horrible loss. I'm glad some of the cows made it out. Hope the fireman was okay. I'm sorry you had to witness it. Thank God no one else was hurt.
ReplyDeleteThat's so sad. It sure is a beautiful setting there, sorry that there was so much damage and that so many cows didn't make it.
ReplyDeleteWhat an aweful thing to happen on Easter. I will pray for their loss. Hope you have a better week. Thinkin of ya
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What a sad thing to have happen. Those poor cows! Awful!
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That was terrible. At least no one was hurt. Really bad to lose that many cattle. Hope they had some good insurance.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine dealing with a fire like that and losing so many cows. Hope they have many friends who will help them rebuild.
ReplyDeleteOh that is so sad! Those poor cows! So sorry for the farmers lost.
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Wow! What a tragic thing to witness. Glad you are ok and it sounds like the fireman is ok too.
ReplyDeleteToo bad about the cattle.
Becky K.
Fires are devastating...and it's worse when you witness them, standing by, not being able to do a single thing to help.
ReplyDeleteHow awful.
Jan
Oh Marydon, what a horrible thing to witness. I feel sorry for the farmers and the cows that did not make it out of the barn.
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