Eight horses were killed in a fire at a 150-year-old barn in Walpole, Massachusetts. It's not yet known what caused the flames, but lightning is being eyed as a possibility.It happened around 11:15 p.

Eight horses were killed Tuesday night when a two-alarm fire tore through a barn in Walpole, authorities said. The fire broke out around 11 p.m. at Mor Linn Farm, officials said. Eight horses died in the blaze, while 11 were successfully evacuated, according to June Gillis-Ahern, a friend of farm owners Catherine and Cormac Kennedy.

Eversource line worker John Cox, of Weymouth, describes what it was like trying to help horses caught in a barning Walpole barn.