Tavistock-area barn destroyed by fire; 1,000 piglets dead

An estimated 1,000 piglets were killed Tuesday in a barn fire in Oxford County.

Firefighters from several stations were called to the barn on Cassel Side Road, south of Tavistock, around 3:15 p.m.

Officials say one of the two barns on the property was destroyed.

Information on the fire’s cause was not immediately available.

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  Smoke pours from a barn on Cassel Side Road in East Zorra-Tavistock on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017.