[Sarah Barracuda]

So sad..they showed last night on the news a horse that was burned 60 percent of his body..thank God it looks like he is going to make it..such beautiful creatures..RIP to these sweet horses who perished

[Secret Agent Man]

I sympathize. I am grateful I have animals whose size and location allow me to get them quickly and take them with me in almost any home emergency scenario.

[Tijeras_Slim]

In 2016, during the Dog Head Fire in NM, the whole community worked to get horses and other livestock out of the danger area. People with trailers went repeatedly into the fire area. No animals were lost. A local ranch took them in and fed and cared for them for no cost. It’s just how we roll in the East Mountains.

[wardaddy]

Poor things

Mine are having an alfalfa snack right now in this cold snap

Awful

They so fear fire

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Damn, why are these fires always starting in Cali? Is it the illegals or Islamo Nazis? I mean come on, every freakin’ year it seems to be the same thing with these fires and I know it ain’t no lighting and broken bottles doing this crap.

[mairdie]

And the reason the owner didn’t evacuate the horses when the fire was first threatening was.... And they left them locked in their stalls with no hope of escape while they ran because....

No sympathy for these people. All sympathy for their animals.

[Sixgun Symphony]

They only had to open the barn door.

[crz]

All they had to do was call the ASPCA-or ask some ranchers and they would have seen to it that those animals were taken out.

[Bigg Red]

Sad. I hope they died quickly.

But the writer of this piece, Lordy.

Example: One firetruck came and told them to leave.

..
Who knew there was such an innovation in California? Talking firetrucks could prove quite useful.

[wardaddy]

Question

Why not just let the horses run

Mine get out on occasion

We find them or the sheriff does and our local deputy horse wrangler trailers em back

One free retrieval annually

After that it’s 250 bucks per steed

[wardaddy]

Best death ever on Sopranos but the horse was just an excuse for the dead girl...

[Blue Jays]

Before these people are criticized too harshly...

I am personally familiar with two fires a decade apart that engulfed neighborhoods so quickly that families ran outside (in wintertime) wearingly only tee-shirts and underwear. Not even time for a coat.

Fire creates its own wind and can literally span wide rivers in an instant.
These innocent victims are likely heartbroken about their horses.
We should not compound their agony and sadness.

[Professional]

Good grief, RIP poor horses... and poor family that loved them. Tragedy.

[Daniel Ramsey]

I think whats not being told is terrorist arsonists are using drones to drop incendiary device’s.

[Mears]

I saw a horse barn fire—————about 70 years ago———I still remember the horror,all of these tears later..

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[Yaelle]

I thought I heard that people were told to release their horses and get out. Meaning let the horses have a CHANCE to escape. Very very sad.