WEST ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — The news just keeps getting worse for a western Pennsylvania dairy that stopped producing milk earlier this month because it has been tainted by bacteria that has sickened at least 14 people.
A storage building containing two farm vehicles and about 20,000 pounds of scrap newspaper has burned to the ground at the family-owned Brunton Dairy in Independence Township, Beaver County.
The fire was reported about 5:45 p.m. Thursday.
James Brunton, a partner in the operation, says the scrap paper is shredded and used as bedding for animals.
No animals or people were hurt in the fire.
The dairy continues to cooperate with the state Department of Health’s investigation into Yersinia bacteria and has voluntarily stopped producing milk in the meantime.
