[Barn fire rages on in early morning]
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Mac Kilduff, Staff Writer
Arson is suspected of a 4 AM fire killing 13 thoroughbred and two saddled horses, which occurred in a barn at Lincoln Downs Racetrack, where 25 horses were stabled the day before racing season.
Local jockey, Albert Ramos, is upset over the fire that fire chief, Bernard Perry has assembled and arson squad over, “The fire exploded near the center of the barn. Flames were shooting out of the building when we got here. The fire is definitely suspicious.”
Dan Bucci, assistant general manager of the racetrack confirmed the fire was centralized in the barn saying, “It could have been of an incendiary nature, because it started in the middle of the barn, not at the end. The only heaters and electrical outlets were in the tack rooms at the ends of the barn.
Ten of the horses escaped but two suffered injuries as their backs caught on fire.
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