28 racehorses killed in upstate barn fire

A raging blaze killed 28 harness-racing horses early Saturday at an upstate barn.

The fire broke out at around 3 a.m. on the grounds of the 63-acre Mount Hope Training Center in Orange County, according to a stable worker.

“We could not save one horse,” according to a worker, who identified himself only as Saur. “They are all dead.”

The man, who was in charge of eight horses in the barn, said the horses were brought back to the grounds last night at around 1:30 a.m. after racing in the Poconos.

“The guy got up to feed them in the morning about three o’clock in the morning. He saw half the barn on fire. He came back and shouted, ‘Fire! fire!’ and everybody was running to help to save the horses.