Several firefighters rushed to a huge fire at a family-owned dairy farm in Ohio on Sunday night.
According to CBS affiliate WOIO, firefighters arrived at the Comp Dairy Farm in Ashtabula County after receiving early reports of a fire.
Ohio Representative Sarah Fowler Arthur said on social media that the Comp Dairy Farm has been in existence since 1885 and is home to almost 2,000 dairy cows.
She stated that the community is banding together to help.
“Not only did 15+ fire departments fight the blaze and the ASHTABULA COUNTY sheriff’s deputies direct traffic and water access, KINGS towing distributed bottled water, and FARMERS from all over have been and are sitting in line, waiting and ready to trailer the cows to farms that have the capacity to care for them.
“This is after many of them had already put in a full day’s work! If something this catastrophic had to happen, these men and women are the community to have to back you!
“THANK YOU to all going without needed sleep and sharing your time, resources, and compassion so selflessly!”
Family members started moving cows off the property to another location, and some animals perished in the process, according to WOIO.
The fire’s cause is still under investigation.
