Immenstadt (dpa / lby) - Several of the animals died in a major fire in a dairy farm with hundreds of cattle in the Oberallgäu. The fire broke out early Tuesday morning in a warehouse on the farm in Immenstadt, a police spokesman said. Most of the cattle could be rescued from the adjacent barn. About ten animals would not have made it. people were not injured.
According to the police, the fire was under control in the early morning, but the extinguishing work continued. According to the information, only a middle part of the building was affected, so the fire did not spread further. However, adjacent parts of the building were affected, it said. The police had previously announced that there was a risk that the fire would spread to the barn and the residential building of the family living on the farm.
According to initial estimates, the fire caused damage of several hundred thousand euros. The cause of the fire was initially unclear.
