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This morning, Farmersville, New Holland, West Earl, Martindale and Blue Ball firefighters responded to the barn fire at Kenneth Sensenig’s farm, 384 E. Farmersville Road, Ephrata.
Farmersville firefighter Menno King spotted the fire in a two-story horse barn on his way to work. He alerted Sensenig to the blaze and then rushed to the Farmersville fire station.
A riding horse was in the barn along with a female boxer that had just given birth to eight puppies. A heat lamp had been placed near the puppies, and apparently that is where the fire started, said Farmersville Fire Chief Jonas Reiff.
The fire spread through both floors of the approximately 24-by-28-foot barn, and the flames reached the roof. The fire loss is probably about $20,000, officials said.
The boxer and all the puppies perished. The horse probably will have to be destroyed because of the amount of smoke it inhaled, Reiff said.
About 100 firefighters fought the fire, which was under control within a half hour.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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