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http://www.thestar.com/news/article/...estrian-stable


Sad news from Clarington

A pony was killed in a raging barn fire in Bowmanville on Sunday.

The barn, full of horses and hay, caught fire around 8 a.m. at Chance Stables equestrian centre, about 70 kilometres east of Toronto. It was continuing to burn late Sunday night.

“I’ve had my moments (this morning),” said stables owner Bill Metcalf. “It’s … it’s a hard thing to deal with.”

Workers arriving Sunday morning at discovered the fire had just started. They quickly phoned the fire department, Metcalf said.

The fire was contained to just one of four barns on the farm. It was a new barn that housed 10 horses. The nine horses other than the pony escaped