Pennsylvania Man Arrested in Fire That Killed More Than Two Dozen Horses at New York Racetrack

Published on November 13, 2023

NICHOLS, N.Y.—Authorities are investigating the deaths of more than two dozen racehorses in a barn fire at an upstate New York track that they believe was deliberately set. The horses were killed early Thursday after the barn where they were housed at the Tioga Downs Casino Resort complex was set on fire, the state police said in a news release. The track and casino are in Nichols, a town of about 2,500 people near the border with Pennsylvania and roughly 150 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of New York City. A 32-year-old Athens, Pennsylvania, man was charged with arson, burglary and other counts....

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