Gardaí probe suspicious fire

ONE calf was burned alive and another had to be put down after a suspected arson attack on a Cork farm early yesterday.

Garda forensic experts began sifting through the charred remains of sheds at the dairy farm at Sarsfield Court in Glanmire, north of the city, as a major investigation into the cause of the blaze got underway. Gardaí in Glanmire are treating the fire as suspicious.

The farmer, who asked not to be named, spoke last night of his family’s frantic efforts to save the Angus calves from the burning shed and of his horror at seeing one four-week-old calf burn to death.