In Sundhouse (Bas-Rhin), nearly 20,000 breeding rabbits died in a fire on a farm.
20,000 breeding rabbits died on Tuesday, most of them asphyxiated, in the fire of a farm in Sundhouse (Bas-Rhin), a village about forty kilometers south of Strasbourg, we learned from the firefighters . The fire, which started at the start of the afternoon, affected “a building with an area of 2,500 m2” in which “20,000 rabbits were raised”, indicated in a press release the Departmental Fire and rescue (SDIS).
“The animals could not be saved,” the statement said. “Most” of the rabbits died of poisoning by the fumes, it was specified to the SDIS.
Sundhouse: 20,000 rabbits perish in fire. https://t.co/BwdQyzz5yG
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The origin of the fire, which caused no human casualties, was not specified. The fire, which mobilized around forty firefighters, was “quickly brought under control”, according to the SDIS.
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