150,000 Fish Die In Fire
POSTED: 10:54 am EST November 8, 2007
URBANA, Ohio -- A barn fire at a fish farm near the western Ohio city of Urbana killed more than 150,000 of the farm's half million fish.
Dave Smith, owner of Freshwater Farms of Ohio, said he moved the fish to the barn and stoked up a stove to stave off the cold. Smith blamed the direction of the wind for sparking Tuesday night's blaze.
Smith said the farm's most valuable creatures - about 10 sturgeon some more than 6 feet long - were rescued.
The farm is a hatchery and market where the fish are bred and sold. The sturgeon are raised to breed solely to stock ponds.
Despite the barn fire, the store remains open.
http://www.wlky.com/news/14540527/detail.html
POSTED: 10:54 am EST November 8, 2007
URBANA, Ohio -- A barn fire at a fish farm near the western Ohio city of Urbana killed more than 150,000 of the farm's half million fish.
Dave Smith, owner of Freshwater Farms of Ohio, said he moved the fish to the barn and stoked up a stove to stave off the cold. Smith blamed the direction of the wind for sparking Tuesday night's blaze.
Smith said the farm's most valuable creatures - about 10 sturgeon some more than 6 feet long - were rescued.
The farm is a hatchery and market where the fish are bred and sold. The sturgeon are raised to breed solely to stock ponds.
Despite the barn fire, the store remains open.
http://www.wlky.com/news/14540527/detail.html
