Twenty-six horses killed in blaze at western Kentucky stable

An early morning fire has killed 26 horses at a western Kentucky stable.

The blaze broke out before dawn Thursday at Riverside Downs, a former race track not far from the Kentucky-Indiana border.

Baskett Fire Chief Bill Shaw said that only four horses survived.

The barn was destroyed.

Fire officials weren't sure what caused the fire, which was reported about 5:30 a.m. EST.

It's the second fire this year at Riverside.

Six horses died Jan. 4 in a fire blamed on a vending machine's electrical cord.

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