Barn Fire Update
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2008
HORSE OWNERS ARE SIFTING THROUGH WHATS LEFT-- AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A BARN AT THE OLD RIVERSIDE DOWNS RACETRACK.
ALTHOUGH THE FIRE KILLED SEVERAL HORSES, THE MAJORITY OF THEM MADE IT OUT ALIVE.
BUT SOME STILL HAVE A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY.
MEET CHARLIES WAR CHANT...ONE OF THE LUCKY HORSES TO SURVIVE FRIDAYS BARN FIRE, SUFFERING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS BACK. WHEN HIS OWNER CHARLIE BROWN HEARD THE NEWS, HE DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM NASHVILLE TO CHECK ON HIS HORSES. A TOTAL OF SIX HORSES WERE KILLED IN THE BLAZE, AND TWO WERE INJURED.
BARN OWNER, JOHN HANCOCK WAS THE FIRST TO SPOT THE FIRE. HE SAYS SOME OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ON THE SCENE WERE CITIZENS WHO TRIED TO FREE SOME TRAPPED HORSES.
THE HORSES ARE STAYING IN A NEIGHBORING BARN, WHERE WORKERS ARE MAKING TEMPORARY STALLS FOR THE SURVIVORS.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL NOT SURE HOW THE FIRE STARTED. HANCOCK WOULDNT COMMENT ON CAMERA, BUT TOLD US IT WAS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE FREAK ACCIDENT.
RIVERSIDE DOWNS HAD A SIMILAR BARN FIRE BACK IN 2003.
