There was a major hog barn fire yesterday (Sun) in the Sturgis area, about an hour north of Yorkton.The owner of the barn, Olymel, says about 10-thousand pigs perished inside the facility.
All of the employees were able to safely evacuate the barn.There was no damage to a second barn and a feed mill about half-a-kilometre away.Provincial fire investigators are on the scene today (Mon) to try and determine the cause of the blaze.