Farmer loses 25 goats to pen fire

Total loss: Police checking the goat pen in Permatang Kerai Kecil after the fire.

BUTTERWORTH: Hoping to turn goat manure into fertiliser, a farmer has now lost 25 of his animals after the pen was razed in a fire at Permatang Kerai Kecil in Kepala Batas here.

It is understood that the 64-year-old farmer had been burning goat manure at his pen on Saturday morning but was not aware that the pile was still burning later that night.