21 farm animals dead following barn fires in St. Croix, N.S.

More than 20 farm animals died in a barn fire in Hants County, N.S.

Twenty-one farm animals have died following a barn fire in St. Croix, N.S.

Firefighters responded to the fire on Highway 1 around 12:13 a.m. Tuesday. Emergency crews told CTV News the fire started in one barn and quickly spread to another.

First Deputy Chief Bill Hazel with the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department says one building had seven cattle inside, six of which were saved.

The second building had 24 sheep inside, which crews managed to save four of.

No people were injured, according to Hazel.

Firefighters cleared the scene just before 6 a.m.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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