Explosion at Bull Semen Factory

Let's be clear: the semen is not manufactured at the facility; the bulls do that. This is where bull semen is cryogenically preserved until it is needed. A fire early Wednesday morning at Yarram Herd Services in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, included an explosion of frozen semen supplies.  

Country Fire Authority Gippsland commander Chris Loeschenkohl said the crew had to be wary of "projectiles" coming at them while they tackled the blaze.

"The liquid inside the cylinders was rapidly expanding and essentially the lids of the cryogenic cylinders were just popping off the top and projectiles were being thrown from the building," he told ABC.

Ten fire crews responded to the fire and extinguished the fire in about two hours. The facility lost around 100 cylinders of semen worth hundreds of dollars each, and some equipment. This will be a blow to local farmers who are approaching spring insemination season. However, it was a gift to the internet, as the jokes just wrote themselves. The Daily Dot has a rundown of them, which contains plenty of NSFW text.  


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