Texas farm blaze kills 18,000 cows in deadliest barn fire on record in the US

Firefighters rescued one employee from the fire at South Fork Dairy family farm near Dimmitt

More than 18,000 cows died after an explosion and fire at a family dairy farm in west Texas, marking the deadliest such barn blaze on record in the United States.

Firefighters rescued one employee from the South Fork Dairy near Dimmitt on Monday as flames raced through a building and into holding pens, according to images and statements from the Castro county sheriff's office.