That's a lot of Hmong funerals

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..worth of cattles:

The fire at Southfork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, which critically injured one worker, was the deadliest barn fire on record. A fiery explosion in the Texas Panhandle killed more than 18,000 cattle and critically injured one worker in what is being described as the deadliest barn fire for cattle on record.

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18,000 cows killed in Texas explosion. Next: The massive, messy task of disposing of them

The fire that killed 18,000 dairy cows in a West Texas farm has been extinguished and the staggering death count revealed.

Now, comes the messy, unprecedented task of disposing of them.

Typically, dead farm animals – even scores of them, such as those killed in the wake of hurricanes or blizzards – can be buried, hauled to landfills or even composted, said Saqib Mukhtar, an associate dean at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension and a cattle disposal expert.

But the sheer number of carcasses in this incident makes the task monumental, he said.