Racecourse
Blaze
An
explosion in San Mateo ignited the Bay Meadows Racecourse barn this
morning at 4 a.m., just one day before the course opened for the
horse-racing season.
“Flames
were shooting out of the building when we got there,” said Bernard
Perry, fire chief, “The fire is definitely suspicious.”
The fire
smoldered until noon and in the aftermath it was determined that a
total of 13 thoroughbreds and two saddle horses had been killed. Ten
horses survived, yet two suffered burn injuries.
Arson is
currently suspected and, according to Dan Bucci, an assistant manager
at racecourse, it is believed that an incendiary device placed at the
center of the structure was what caused the inferno.
An arson
squad was called to investigate the fire and all that remained of the
one-story wooden barn – seven rows of scorched supports.
So far,
there are no reports of human casualties and no suspect has
been detained.
No comments:
Post a Comment