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Barn Fire

Putnam
Police & Fire
Horses Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Barn In Patterson Horses Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Barn In Patterson
Horses Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Barn In Patterson Around a dozen horses had to be rescued from a barn that caught on fire in the Hudson Valley, fire officials announced. The incident happened in Putnam County on Wednesday, Jan. 10 around 8:20 p.m., when the hay storage area inside a barn at the High Point Equestrian Center at 572 East Branch Rd. in Patterson caught on fire, according to the Putnam Lake Fire Department.  Arriving fire crews were able to quickly knock out a large portion of the blaze, but found completely extinguishing it difficult because of the heavily stacked hay storage inside the barn. Firefighters worked…

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by Ben Crnic
Warren Hunterdon
News
‘Unimaginable Loss:’ Donations Pour In For Owners Of Warren County Farm Destroyed By Fire ‘Unimaginable Loss:’ Donations Pour In For Owners Of Warren County Farm Destroyed By Fire
‘Unimaginable Loss:’ Donations Pour In For Owners Of Warren County Farm Destroyed By Fire Donations are pouring in for the owners of a Warren County farm and community staple that was ravaged by a fire, killing more than 40 pigs and 400 chickens. The blaze broke out at a barn at Hope Cress Farms just after midnight on Thursday, Dec. 7, according to the Hope Volunteer Fire Department, one of many crews to respond at the scene. While the greenhouse and an adjacent structure was salvageable, the fire destroyed several pieces of farm equipment in addition to killing livestock. Crews operated for over four hours. Shortly after midnight on 12/7/23 ~ 38 Fire members responded to a…

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by Valerie Musson
Lancaster
Police & Fire
2 Alarm Barn Fire In Lancaster (DEVELOPING; PHOTOS) 2 Alarm Barn Fire In Lancaster (DEVELOPING; PHOTOS)
2 Alarm Barn Fire In Lancaster (Developing; Photos) A 2-alarm fire had multiple crews on the scene in Lancaster County late on Monday morning, authorities said. The fire broke out at a barn in the 3390 block of Blue Rock Road, Manor Township around 11:45 a.m., according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. Blue Rock Fire Rescue is the primary department at the scene although, Hellam Township and West Willow Fire Company responded to the scene.  Hellam Township specifically sent a tanker to assist with water to the fire, delivering 6000 gallons before being released. Tanker 21 on the scene.Hellam Fire Company Tanker 21 delivers w…

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by Jillian Pikora
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
Pepperell Salon, Apartment Complex Scorched By Multi-Alarm Barn Fire Pepperell Salon, Apartment Complex Scorched By Multi-Alarm Barn Fire
Pepperell Salon, Apartment Complex Scorched By Multi-Alarm Barn Fire Several people were displaced and a business was destroyed following a multi-alarm barn fire in North Central Massachusetts this week, according to officials and an online fundraiser.  Crews responded to the fire at an apartment complex and business on Townsend Street in Pepperell on Monday night, March 6, according to the Pepperell Fire Department on Facebook.  Pepperell Fire said everyone living inside the complex made it out safe and there were no injuries. Everyone was displaced but had other places to go, Chief Brian Borneman told Daily Voice.  Crews are battling a 3rd Alarm fire…

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by David Cifarelli
New Haven
Neighbors
Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For Prospect Non-Profit Ravaged By Barn Fire Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For Prospect Non-Profit Ravaged By Barn Fire
Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For Prospect Non-Profit Ravaged By Barn Fire After losing dozens of animals in a barn fire in New Haven County last week, people are digging into their hearts – and their pockets – to help one local non-profit recover from the tragedy. A fire ravaged Kelly's Kids Inc., located at 18 Spring Road in Prospect, on Friday night, Feb. 4, according to a GoFundMe campaign organized by Ashley Kiefer. "The fire grew too quickly to salvage anything else and the barn was quickly engulfed in flames," Kiefer wrote. "The building was completely destroyed, and sadly most of the animals were lost. It is a heartbreaking realization that…

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by David Cifarelli
Washington
Police & Fire
Dogs Killed, Family Displaced By Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Keedysville Barn Blaze: Fire Marshal Dogs Killed, Family Displaced By Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Keedysville Barn Blaze: Fire Marshal
Dogs Killed, Family Displaced By Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Keedysville Barn Blaze: Fire Marshal Two dogs were killed in a massive two-alarm barn fire that caused massive damage to a Washington County property on Friday night. Shortly after 8:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, members of the Sharpsburg Fire Department were called to Mansfield Road in Keedysville, where a neighbor reported a barn fire that had broken out, officials said. It took a team of nearly five dozen firefighters approximately 90 minutes to get the flames under control, but not before it caused an estimated $150,000 ($100,000 to the structure, $50,000 to its contents) in damage, according to the Office of the Maryland Fir…

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by Zak Failla
Lancaster
News
More Than 50 Animals Perished In Massive Barn Fire In Ephrata More Than 50 Animals Perished In Massive Barn Fire In Ephrata
More Than 50 Animals Perished In Massive Barn Fire In Ephrata 48 cows and five horses were killed in a massive barn fire in Ephrata, authorities say. Fire crews were called to a fire at a dairy barn in the 200 block of Wanner Road in Earl Township near Ephrata just before 3 a m. On Wednesday, August 31, according to Garden Spot Fire and Rescue. Upon arrival the fire chief found a 60x120 dairy barn with fire throughout.  One cow and a horse were rescued from the blaze, fire crews say. No humans were harmed but the barn was a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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by Jillian Pikora
Charles
Police & Fire
Equestrian Barn Destroyed By Blaze In Charles County: Fire Marshal Equestrian Barn Destroyed By Blaze In Charles County: Fire Marshal
Equestrian Barn Destroyed By Blaze In Charles County: Fire Marshal No horses were harmed in Maryland when an equestrian barn was destroyed by a blaze that broke out over the weekend that remains under investigation as of Monday, July 18, according to the state fire marshal. In Charles County, more than four dozen firefighters responded to a barn on Leonardtown Road in Bryantown shortly after 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, when a neighbor reported a barn that was on fire. Units arrived on the scene to find an approximately 400-by-200-foot horse stable with fire throughout, according to the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department. "A defensive fire attack…

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by Zak Failla
Suffolk NY
Police & Fire
Fire Races Through North Fork Barn Fire Races Through North Fork Barn
Fire Races Through North Fork Barn Firefighters battled a barn fire on Long Island in a garage-type structure that was in danger of spreading to an adjacent barn. The blaze broke out around 1 a.m., Sunday, May 15 at 6900 Wickham Ave., in Mattituck, a hamlet on Long Island's North Fork.  The first firefighters on the scene from the Mattituck Fire Department found a "garage-type" structure fully engulfed in flames with the fire moving toward a second barn, said the Cutchogue Fire Department. The Cutchogue Fire department was called to respond and assist at the scene with a rapid intervention team. The fire was located in an…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Horse Barn Fire Breaks Out In Fairfield County Horse Barn Fire Breaks Out In Fairfield County
Horse Barn Fire Breaks Out In Fairfield County No horses were injured when a two-alarm horse barn fire broke out on the land of a private residence in Fairfield County. The blaze broke out around 5 a.m., Monday, Jan. 24, in New Canaan, on Silvermine Road. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found the three-stall barn with a hayloft fully engulfed in flames,  said Assistant Fire Chief Albe Bassett, of the New Canaan Fire Department. Two horses were out of the barn and none were injured, Bassett said.  The barn was destroyed.Albe Bassett/New Canaan Fire Department The owners said luckily, the horses wear blankets and like t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Cumberland
Police & Fire
Cooked Too Soon: 17K Turkeys Killed In Barn Fire 2 Days Before Christmas Cooked Too Soon: 17K Turkeys Killed In Barn Fire 2 Days Before Christmas
Cooked Too Soon: 17K Turkeys Killed In Barn Fire 2 Days Before Christmas Seventeen thousand young turkeys were burned alive in a commercial barn fire in central Pennsylvania early Thursday morning, according to the Newport fire department. Fire crews were called to the fire in the 1300 block of Turkey Bird road in Perry County on Dec. 23 around 2 a.m., according to the department. Massive barn fire.Newport fire department Unfortunately, the fire was already well involved by the time crews arrived which is why so many turkeys perished in the blaze. Massive barn fire.Newport fire department Multiple mutual aid companies along with the fire department fough…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lebanon
News
MOOOVE! 80 Cows Rushed To Safety, 6 Perish, In Lebanon County Barn Blaze [Photos] MOOOVE! 80 Cows Rushed To Safety, 6 Perish, In Lebanon County Barn Blaze [Photos]
Mooove! 80 Cows Rushed To Safety, 6 Perish, In Lebanon County Barn Blaze [Photos] Cows were herded out of a barn in Bethel Township early Wednesday morning when a fire broke out, according to Northern Lebanon Fire and Emergency Services. Bethel Township barn fire.Facebook- Northern Lebanon Fire and Emergency Services The fire department was called to the fire around 3 a.m. and remained on the scene until 7 a.m. 80 cows were rushed out of the barn but 6 died in the fire. Bethel Township barn fire.Facebook- Northern Lebanon Fire and Emergency Services No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The barn was torn down after the fi…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster
Police & Fire
Mushroom Cloud Rose From Massive Barn Fire in Lancaster County [Photos] Mushroom Cloud Rose From Massive Barn Fire in Lancaster County [Photos]
Mushroom Cloud Rose From Massive Barn Fire in Lancaster County [Photos] A barn fire formed a mushroom cloud in Lancaster County Wednesday night. Fire crews in East Donegal Township were called to a barn fire along Donegal Creek Road in East Donegal Township around 11 p.m.  The barn on fire was located at series of structures including a milking barn, straw and hay storage and a workshop, according to Emergency Dispatch Services. The exact cause of the mushroom cloud is unknown. A variety of theories are been made including fuel tanks or a gas line, according to dispatch; one commenter on social media said it was a 55 gallon container of drain oil. The fi…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chester
Police & Fire
Chester County Barn Owner Burned Rescuing 7 Horses, 2 Others Dead In Fire Chester County Barn Owner Burned Rescuing 7 Horses, 2 Others Dead In Fire
Chester County Barn Owner Burned Rescuing 7 Horses, 2 Others Dead In Fire Support is surging for a Chester County man who was severely burned while trying to rescue his nine horses, two of who died, in a grueling fire that ravaged his historic barn over the weekend. Almost $14,000 had been raised on a Facebook fundraiser posted Monday by Nicole Henwood for her dear neighbor, Don. Funds will go towards food and rebuilding a shed and fence for the remaining horses. Fire crews arrived at the 1-block of Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township around noon Sunday to find the blaze towering through the two-story barn and approximately 6-8 acres of woods and field on fire, ac…

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by Nicole Acosta
Morris
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Firefighter Injured In Morris County Barn Blaze PHOTOS: Firefighter Injured In Morris County Barn Blaze
Photos: Firefighter Injured In Morris County Barn Blaze A firefighter was injured while battling a stubborn blaze that ravaged a barn in Morris County over the weekend. The fire broke out in Long Valley around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a Facebook post from Schooley’s Mountain Fire Co. The fire was knocked down within two-and-a-half hours with help from the Washington Township Fire Department and the Long Valley First Aid Squad, the post said. One firefighter was injured in the blaze but refused medical attention, authorities said. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

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by Valerie Musson
Hampshire Franklin MA
Police & Fire
Barn-Burner Rages Overnight Monday Barn-Burner Rages Overnight Monday
Barn-Burner Rages Overnight Monday A fire destroyed a full barn on Monday, Jan. 18. The fire began around 9:30 p.m. when police and fire officials responded to a report of a fully-involved barn fire on Shattuck Road in Hadley. Members of the Amherst Fire Department also responded. No injuries were reported in the fire, WesternMass News reported. Amherst firefighters said that the blaze could have been much worse. “While this barn was a loss, a strong effort by Hadley Fire prevented extension to an adjacent home,” said Amherst firefighters in a Facebook post. 

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by Kristin Palpini