The Associated Press reports tragedy for a stable of race horses:

Fire swept through a barn at a former race track Thursday, killing 27 horses.

It was the second deadly blaze this year at Riverside Downs in western Kentucky, near the Indiana border. Among the horses killed was Kept Lady, which won a race Sunday at Churchill Downs.

The cause is unknown so far. The first fire was attributed to an electrical cord for a vending machine. Imagine the cost of secure electrical conduit, in such a highly flammable environment, versus the loss from these fires.