A pair of barn fires made the news last week, one of which proved deadly, as the blaze claimed the life of a horse.

The first of the fires took place on Tuesday, January 16 in western Kentucky – in Murray, to be exact – when a neighbour alerted the barn owner to the fire at the structure.

The blaze took place in the afternoon, and the owners of the barn were on their way to a round of chemotherapy when they were informed of the situation

The owners did what they could to get all of the animals out to safety, and some of the animals were extricated, but a horse and rabbit perished in the fire.

The barn’s owner, Lance Harper, said, "Black stall, black horse, black smoke. He was bucking and kicking, and we just could not get him out. We tried, and that's the worst part of this whole tragedy."

Members of the community are doing what they can to help the owners rebuild the barn and focus on the future. For more, click here.

Two days after the first blaze, fire crews in Ida, Michigan were called to a barn in the 4100 block of Secor during the morning hours of Thursday, January 18. The barn in question burned to the ground, but, luckily, all of the horses that called the barn home were saved.

(With files from LEX18.com and 13ABC.com)