The fire caused a black plume of smoke that could be seen from miles. Burning pieces of roof covering fell down, on the cows and the straw that lay on the floor. That straw also caught fire, so that the animals were trapped as rats. None of the approximately 25 full -grown meat cows survived the fire. In March 2013, fire broke out on the Vleeshoeve of the Lavens family. Then forty sows and 800 piglets died.
It is already the third stable fire in the province in a short time. Earlier this month there was a heavy fire in Alveringem. 150 cows died. On Friday, 160 cows were saved in a heavy fire on a farm in Westvleteren.