8,000 pigs were charred to death in a fire at a 15,000-m² pig house and another 3,000 had to be slaughtered. Lightning was implicated as the cause. For the next two days, farm employees and many others showed up spontaneously to assist the farmer in removing and loading onto trucks the 500 tonnes of charred animal for transport to the knackery. Given the presence of asbestos and risk of building collapse, the 200 people mobilised onsite were equipped with protective gear.