A fire broke out Tuesday afternoon in a barn at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Equine Research Center annex, according to reports from media in Ithaca, New York where the campus is located.
According to the reports the fire did not involve or injure any horses housed at the complex. Firefighters arrived at the scene and went to work controlling the fire, which could be seen from miles around.
The Equine Park is conveniently located approximately 1 mile from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine on 165 acres of rolling farm land. Facilities are available to house approximately 100 horses in box stalls or paddocks and pastures with run-in sheds. In addition, a modern brood mare barn and adjacent stallion barn can accommodate 27 horses and includes a breeding shed and complete laboratory for processing and handling semen.
A separate facility, the Equine Park Annex, is also available to house horses. This site includes a 24-stall barn, paddocks, and pastures with run-in sheds. The annex also is the location of a separate USDA-approved quarantine facility, operated by the college's Diagnostic Laboratory, for the testing of imported horses for contagious equine metritis.