Almost 500 pigs have been killed in a fire in Northern Ireland.
Fire crews were called to a farm in Strabane in County Tyrone early this morning.
Over 32 sows and 400 piglets died, but the blaze is not being treated as suspicious.
Firefighters remain at the scene of a fire at a shed at Melmont Road, Strabane. A number of livestock have perished. 2 appliances remain.
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They managed to stop the fire spreading to five other animal sheds, and saved more than 170 pigs from burning buildings.
Station Officer Kevin Lynch told Highland Radio it was a difficult operation because of the rural location.
"The priority was to stop the fire spreading, it had started to spread onto the third unit. While using jets to keep the fire at bay, we managed to get the pigs out. Not a very pleasant thing. However, we had to focus on the pigs that were living."
