A rash of recent barn fires continues to make news, as it has now been reported that a blaze in Kentucky on Wednesday morning (February 25) has claimed the lives of six horses.

A report on the situation by the Lexington Herald-Leader states that word of a barn fire at Chanteclair Farm in Versailles came in at 6 a.m. According to the article, the fire affected two barns, and the breed of the horses that lost their lives is not known at this time, but the farm has a rich Thoroughbred history.

The Lexington Herald-Leader’s piece states that there was 40 to 50 feet between the two barns that caught fire, but only one of the structures houses horses.

"When we got on the scene, one barn was already on the ground," fire chief John Varner was quoted as saying. "That's the barn that had the horses in it. The heat off it set another barn on fire behind it. It didn't have any horses in it."

In other news relating to barn fires in Kentucky, it was reported earlier this month that a fire at The Thoroughbred Center, a Keeneland-affiliated horse boarding and training farm in Lexington, had occurred due to a lit candle.

On Tuesday, February 24, fire crews were on scene at The Thoroughbred Center once again, as a horse kicked over a hot plate that was being used to warm oats. Some nearby hay caught fire, but workers in the barn were able to get the fire under control before the fire crew arrived.

(With files from the Lexington Herald-Leader and ABC 36)