Five horses perish, five freed as stable burns in NSW

Leeton Race Track.

Five standardbred horses perished inwards a stable laissez passer on the axe inwards Leeton, New South Wales, early Tuesday morning.

Harness racing trainer Phil Maguire lost 3 horses spell John Kefford lost 2 inwards the blaze at Leeton racecourse, most Griffith.

Maguire’s losses include a five-year-old champion gelding, Garry Kelly. His other losses were Centaury together with Provence.

Kefford lost Candys Art together with Captain Stapleton.

The drive of the blaze inwards the 16-stall barn remains unknown at this stage, but forensic police line from Griffith convey been called to investigate.

Firefighters managed to gratuitous around of the horses on arrival, despite the edifice beingness good alight.

Panicked horses reportedly knocked over firemen, who were non solely trying to become them gratuitous but extinguish their rugs together with tails, which had ignited from the heat.

Two horses managed to escape the laissez passer on the axe unhurt.

Three others convey suffered burns. At to the lowest degree ane of them is affected past times smoke inhalation.

The blaze was reported to emergency services inwards an emergency telephone telephone at 4.10am.

Fifteen firefighters took an hr to extinguish the blaze, together with worked to terminal the blaze spreading to other buildings. There are 3 other stables on the course, ane simply half dozen metres away from the burning building.

 

 

 

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