Firefighters contain the fire at a pig farm near Leeds, north Yorkshire (Picture: Russell Jenkinson/North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service) A peckish pig sparked a fire in its pen …

Feb 9, 2012 · Just a small amount of methane trapped in the foam has the potential to cause a flash fire or explosion if it comes in contact with a spark from a motor or pilot light. So what is …

Mar 14, 2014 · The worst of the string killed 1,500 pigs and left one worker with severe burns. Even if they haven’t all exploded, a survey revealed 25 percent of Midwestern hog farmers …

Dec 13, 2013 · The stockyard, according to the article, had a giant lake of pig excrement contaminated with hormones, heavy metals, and other substances so toxic that people who …

Mar 8, 2020 · A peckish pig sparked a fire in its pen after swallowing a pedometer and pooping it out. Fire crews were called to a blaze covering 75 square metres at four pigpens in Bramham, …

Jan 2, 2022 · ‘Save the bacon’: Pig pooped out pedometer to start farm fire – U.K. firefighters say a pedometer battery sparked a fire after one pig ate the device and passed it out the other …

Mar 9, 2020 · The fire at the farm in Northern England was caused by a battery-powered pedometer that was carried by one of the pigs in order to prove it was free-range, according to …

Mar 8, 2020 · Fire crews were called to a farm near Bramham, Leeds, at about 14:00 GMT on Saturday after copper from the pedometer's batteries apparently reacted with the pig's …

Dec 2, 2013 · Around 2007, farmers began noticing pig poop acting funny. The normally liquid mixture started producing foamy bubbles, rising up and up, past the slats, right to the pigs’ …

Aug 18, 2014 · As if anyone needed another reason to stay away from pig pens, pig farms have been exploding. The culprit is a highly-explosive form of gray mush that turns up, from time to …