It took
fire crews from Ailsa Craig, Grand Bend, and Thedford to extinguish the flames
coming from the barn.
Constable
Liz Melvin said the county fire investigator and the Ontario Fire Marshal’s
office are investigating.
The cause
of the fire has not yet been determined, nor has a damage estimate been given.
A barn
fire near Delaware early Sunday killed 500 goats and 30 cows.
A dozen Ararbian
horses were died in a fire near Mount Forest Jan. 14, and 43 race horses died
in a fire at Classy Lane Stables near Cambridge on Jan. 4.
Ontario
Federation of Agriculture president Don McCabe was on CBC Radio in Kitchener
today, expressing condolences to owners for their losses and saying it’s not
unusual to have more barn fires during cold winter weather.
