COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- Cobb County firefighters battled a barn fire late Thursday night with tragic results. Officials said the building quickly burned and collapsed, killing 15 horses.

The incident happened at Westbrooke Farms on 5146 Burnt Hickory Road in Kennesaw.

A neighbor called Jennifer Schwickerath Thursday night to alert her the barn was on fire.

"I ran to the barn and I saw fire in the middle of the barn," said Schwickerath. She said she tried to get the horses out, but "they didn't want to move in the fire," she explained. "I feel so terrible for all the horses. I tried the best I could."

Schwickerath owned one of the horses that died, the rest were kept at the farm by other owners.

"I love all of them and we'll miss them very much," Schwickerath said through tears.

Cobb County Fire Department spokesman Dan Dupree says firefighters were called to the scene in northwest Cobb County around 11 p.m. Thursday and found the barn fully engulfed. Dupree says the fire also caused the barn's roof to collapse.

Dupree says the fire appears to be an accident but it will take time to make a final determination because of the amount of damage and debris.

According to their web site, Westbrooke Farms is a horse breeding and boarding facility. The site said the owners sell young horses for as much as $19,000.