Fire guts piggery in Dorset, England, killing 900 animals BEAMINSTER, England, March 30 (UPI) -- A fire on a farm in southwest England gutted a barn and killed 900 pigs housed inside, fire officials said. The fire was reported at about 6:30 a.m. Friday at Seaborough Manor near Beaminster in Dorset, The Sun reported. Firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading to other barns on the property. "There was 100 percent severe damage to the piggery and sadly approximately 900 pigs lost their lives in the fire," a spokeswoman for Dorset Fire and Rescue said. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the fire, which started in the building's roof. The fire was the second in a year in a Dorset piggery. In May, 18 sows and 180 piglets were killed by a blaze at Cotton Farm near Weymouth.