I just brought up some web pages on other news sources. It appears to be between 10,000 and 20,000 cattle died.
I would have to get better verification of the number of dead. 20 thousand is above the size of many herds going North in the trail driving days.
Now I am wondering what would cause such a blast. Maybe propane refrigerant in cooling tanks?
Some dairy farms have been using methane from the cow patties for power to save on operating costs. They also would probably be collecting it to sell for fertilizer and if a storage area filled with that blew up it’d make a lot of sense.
Cow shit is liquefied and pumped into giant holding tanks, then the liquid crap is sold to farmers to spread on their fields as fertilizer.
The article said they suspected that the shit pump overheated and sparked a methane explosion in the pit.
What would cause it?
I’d bet it was methane from manure holding tanks or something like that. Fumes get out, spread and an ignition source gives you a fuel-air explosion.
The left will blame in on a build up of cow farts.