A barn fire in Blenheim has resulted in $50,000 in damage.
Chatham-Kent Fire & Emergency Services officials say the cause of the blaze, which ignited just after midnight on Sunday, has been ruled accidental.
Crews from Blenheim responded a barn fire just after midnight on Front Line. Ridgetown station assisted. No injuries, cause is accidental and no loss of livestock. pic.twitter.com/vNvPUNYvLT
— CK Fire Department (@ckfiredept) 27 January 2019
“Station 18 – Blenheim and Station 11 – Ridgetown responded to 10362 Front Line for a barn on fire,” fire officials said in a press release.
“On their arrival, they found the found the barn collapsed on the ground and fully involved in fire. Crews worked quickly to protect the near by structure from the fire and then focused on extinguishing remaining fire inside and around the foundation of the collapsed barn.”
Fire officials said the fresh snow created slippery conditions for firefighters.
“To reduce the risk of injury Ridgetown’s new tanker pumper equipped with its high pressure front monitor was used to safely knockdown the main body of the fire,” fire officials said.
“There were no injuries and all the animals that were housed in the barn escaped the fire.”
