barn fire

Sauk Rapids firefighters battled a barn fire last (Monday) night. Fire Chief Tony Hommerding says strong winds and cold temperatures made for difficult conditions.

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About 100 calves were killed in a fire at a Carver County dairy farm. Belle Plaine Fire Chief Todd Otto says the fire was discovered early Tuesday as farm workers went to milk the cows.

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Five calves died in a barn fire early this (Friday) morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says the call came in at about 4:45 a.m. in Luxemburg Township, about four-and-a-half miles northwest of Kimball.

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A fire at a farm near Sleepy Eye in southern Minnesota destroyed a dairy barn and the livestock inside. The fire was reported around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, and firefighters battled the blaze for at least three hours.

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Area fire departments responded to a barn fire yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. At about 4:45 p.m. crews were called to a fire at the John and Louise Schultz farm on County Road 21 near Watkins.

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A lightning strike started a barn on fire early this (Tuesday) morning in Krain Township.

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Fire crews battled a barn fire last (Thursday) night. The Brooten Fire Department was called to the fire in Crow Lake Township just after 7:00 p.m.

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A barn near Paynesville burned to the ground early this (Wednesday) morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says a neighbor spotted the fire and woke-up the homeowner Scott Klehr.

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About 70 pigs were killed, and 2,000 bales of hay were destroyed, in a barn fire. The fire was at the Scott Montag farm in Mayhew Lake Township, just north of Sauk Rapids.

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Fifty cows died in a barn fire early this (Friday) morning in Stearns County's Spring Hill Township. The Sheriff says the incident happened just after 2:00 a.m. at the Daniel Welle farm. The barn contained about 75 cows, only 20-25 got out safely.

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