Farmer in Down devastated after 2,000 pigs killed in shed blaze

Remains of an overnight fire at the farrowing house at Glenmarshal Pedigree Pigs, a farm on the Carrigenagh Road outside Kilkeel, with reports of at least 2000 pigs lost (Liam McBurney/PA)

A pig breeder has spoken of his devastation after 2,000 sows and piglets were killed in a major blaze on his farm.

The animals were kept in a recently built farrowing house that caught fire at Glenmarshal Pedigree Pigs in Kilkeel, Co Down on Monday night.