Fire at Piglets Adventure Farm

A FIRE at a York family adventure playground has claimed the lives of some of the animals.

Piglets Adventure Farm in Towthorpe Moor Lane in York have said on their social media that there was a fire at the site in the early hours of Sunday morning (March 17).

Speaking in a post on Facebook they say: "We are absolutely devastated to share some incredibly sad news with our friends and visitors.

"In the early hours of Sunday morning, we tragically lost ten of our beloved pet lambs and two of our lovely goats due to smoke inhalation from a small fire.

"As you can imagine, we are all completely devastated and in shock over this terrible loss. We have a very close bond with our animals, so it has been such a difficult and traumatic time for our team.

"We are so grateful to our Animal Barn Manager, Heidi and our director Ed, who managed to save the lives of all of our other animals in the barn, by safely stopping the spread of the fire.

"We simply cannot thank them enough, if it were not for their quick thinking and calm reaction, the situation could have been so much worse."

They say the fire was ignited by a heat lamp which was being used to keep the lambs warm in the night.

"Whilst the fire was discovered and extinguished very quickly by Heidi and Ed, unfortunately our poor lambs and goats nearest to the fire had already suffered smoke inhalation," they said.