About 400 pigs have died following a barn fire in East Yorkshire.

The fire at a farm in Riston Road, Catwick, broke out shortly after 13:00 BST on Sunday, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service reported.

The pigs within the barn were all “fatally injured” and the building itself “completely destroyed”, a spokesperson for the service said.

It was “very likely” that an electrical fault had led to “accidental ignition”.

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