Oh calamity!!

LaFoto · Sep 6, 2005

There is a big farmstead at the entrance to my village, and part of it looked like this in May:

Or a detail here (taken at the same time):

But uh-oh! Something happened in the night from Sunday to Monday!

(These two were taken by my daughter while we were driving past yesterday night on our way to the pool)

And I took these last three after I had dropped Sabine off at the pool and was back "home" some 40 minutes later, and they (among other things) show that low light and the tele function of my little compact digital don't go well together... Hmph.

Anyhow: sad ending of a big shed - hopefully it had contained only hay and not cows!

Trinity · Sep 6, 2005

What an unhappy development.
Same Thing happened in my hometown a year ago.
A homestead burned down, and plenty pigs were burned alive. Tragic occurence.

LaFoto · Sep 6, 2005

Seems like the 28 cows who were in the building could be saved.
The online article is here (for those who read German):

http://www.rotenburger-rundschau.de/index.php?menu=55&command=showartikel&ID=39119

Raymond J Barlow · Sep 6, 2005

too bad, always a shame when fire destroys

aprilraven · Sep 6, 2005

hard to look at the damage, and not wanna cringe... its was such a cool looking barn, and farmstead.....hope they build back..

LaFoto · Sep 6, 2005

The fire was first reported at 1 o'clock Monday morning.
Now it is Tuesday night and the fire fighters are STILL at work, pulling out hay, spreading it all across the expanse of land in front and pouring loads and loads of water on it. STILL! NOW! Hay fires are so tricky...

vonDrehle · Sep 6, 2005

Trinity said:
What an unhappy development.
Same Thing happened in my hometown a year ago.
A homestead burned down, and plenty pigs were burned alive. Tragic occurence.

Is it wrong I wondered if it smelt good? :meh:

Hope they will be able rebuild.

LaFoto · Sep 8, 2005

Well, all I can say about this barn is that still today (Thursday) there is a very bad smell of fire all around the building (I pass by this one several times a day) --- no smell of roast beef, though. (I say fortunately, though roast beef does smell nicer than a burnt-down barn!)