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More hogs survive barn fire than first thought

Twelve sows died Thursday in a hog barn fire, RCMP now say.

Police initially reported that all 3,000 hogs inside the barn perished in the 1:45 p.m. blaze in the R.M. of Macdonald Thursday.

RCMP said seven employees inside the barn escaped without injury.

The barn belonged to Sunnybrook Swine Inc. of Manitoba.

Fire departments from the R.M. of Macdonald, Morris and Rosenort attended and extinguished the fire.

RCMP, with the assistance of the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner, continue to investigate. The cause has yet to be determined and no dollar estimate of the damage is available.

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