Fire kills 35 show horses in Georgia, US

A fire which swept through a stables killed 35 horses at a business that raises show horses in Georgia state.

Georgia fire marshal spokesman Glenn Allen said the blaze happened at Happy Valley Farms in Rossville, just south of the Georgia-Tennessee line.

Damage was estimated at up to six million dollars because of the value of the horses that perished. Allen described them as show horses, and said that some were valued as high as 250,000 dollars.

Allen said two stables and a storage facility were destroyed in yesterday’s which was still under investigation today.