Fire Rips Through Horsemen’s Association Buildings

HUDSON, FL — A Monday afternoon fire that broke out at the Pasco Horsemen’s Association led to a total loss of two buildings, but no injuries to people or animals.

According to Pasco County Fire Rescue, the blaze at 13215 Fivay Road complex was reported around 12:40 p.m. April 3. Initial reports were that the stables were on fire. When crews arrived, however, they found a storage building and announcer tower involved in flames, the agency reported in an email to media.

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The fire was brought under control just before 1 p.m. Both structures, however, were deemed a total loss.

Division Chief Shawn Whited said no horses were on the property at the time the fire broke out. A cause for the blaze has not yet been announced.

Further information is not available at this time.

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Photo courtesy of Pasco County Fire Rescue