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Horses Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Hudson Valley Barn Horses Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Hudson Valley Barn
Horses Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Hudson Valley Barn Around a dozen horses had to be rescued from a barn that caught on fire in the Hudson Valley, fire officials announced. The incident happened in Putnam County on Wednesday, Jan. 10 around 8:20 p.m., when the hay storage area inside a barn at the High Point Equestrian Center at 572 East Branch Rd. in Patterson caught on fire, according to the Putnam Lake Fire Department.  Arriving fire crews were able to quickly knock out a large portion of the blaze, but found completely extinguishing it difficult because of the heavily stacked hay storage inside the barn. Firefighters worked…

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by Ben Crnic
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Fallen, Stuck Horse Rescued By Quick-Thinking Firefighters In CT Fallen, Stuck Horse Rescued By Quick-Thinking Firefighters In CT
Fallen, Stuck Horse Rescued By Quick-Thinking Firefighters In CT Thanks to quick action from firefighters, a fallen horse in Connecticut that had become stuck and unable to get up was saved.  The incident happened in Hartford County on Tuesday, Sept. 5 around 10:20 a.m., when the Broad Brook Fire Department responded to a home in East Windsor where a horse had slipped and fallen, causing it to end up in a position where it was unable to get back on its feet.  According to the fire department, crews were eventually able to maneuver the horse up a hill to a position where it was finally able to get up on its own.  Fire officials said the re…

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by Ben Crnic