The fire fighters saved the tack room and the hitching post.
The backhoe came from Casselman Cement. It was used to dig through the wreckage so the fire fighters could thoroughly soak any hot spots.
The hay is ruined. It didn't all burn, but it's soaked and smoky. Some of it is still smouldering.
Serge's hitching post survived - the fire fighters tried to pull it out by hand and then with the backhoe, but it's still here.
The pile of ruined hay. We had 800 bales of good horse hay in the loft at the end of September. Some of it had been fed, but there were still 650-700 bales up there.
The tack room, hitching post and the dog run that we used for the chickens all survived. The shingles on the tack room are scorched and melted, as is the solar panel on the side of the tack room (Christmas lights inside the tack room).
You can see the melted and scorched shingles - but the roof is intact and we saved all the stuff that was inside the tack room.
As it grew dark again this evening, the lights in the tack room came on. Despite the heat and damage, the solar panel is still powering the lights.
Thank you
Thank you to all the generous friends, neighbours and strangers who have offered places for the horses and ponies to stay while we clean up, and to those who have donated cash, blankets, halters and lead ropes, and to all those who have offered labour when we can rebuild. You've all made this bleak day much brighter!
Serenity, Firecracker and Breezy are now at Forest Lane in North Gower with Celine, Soul will be going to Jen Pretty's place, and Classy will go to Forever Green this week. Lori has the healthy surviving chickens in her coop. I still have three chickens here in intensive care.
Thank you, too, to Serge at the Embrun Rona - Co-op for finding a couple of fence chargers for me at a very reasonable price - and for the "fire sale" discount on the rest of my purchases today. We're trying to stretch every penny right now and put aside what we can to put towards the rebuilding fund.
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