Simply called "the Big Cypress" by Gladesmen and older folks in south Florida, the national preserve was established in 1974.

Police officials said the cause of the conflagration near Columbus is under investigation. It took four hours to extinguish and the carcasses are buried beneath wreckage.

Three barns were destroyed in the fire, killing about 6,000 hogs and pigs, fire officials in Ohio said.

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