It was an emotional day for brothers Bill and Rick Thompson. Their livelihood for the past 25 years was reduced to a pile of debris in just a few hours Wednesday morning. "It hurts a whole lot to see it," Bill Thompson said. Just before 6 a.m. Wednesday, Rick Thompson noticed a barn on their farm was on fire. By the time firefighters arrived, it was too late to save it-- 20,000 quail and 30 Berkshire pigs were lost. "We were just embarking on a new part of the business; we were planning on supplying local restaurants with the pigs," Rick said.
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