Fire Destroys Meeker County Hay Barn

GREENLEAF TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- Six fire departments in central Minnesota battled a shed fire for more than six hours on Saturday.

The Meeker County Sheriff's Office got a call at around 3:40 p.m. Saturday for a fire in the 61000 block of County Road 18 in Greenleaf Township. The location is south of Litchfield.

Deputies arrived to find a shed full of hay bales fully engulfed. The shed is owned by Kaping Farms and is considered a total loss.

Fire departments from Litchfield, Grove City, Cosmos, Dassel, Lake Lillian, and Hutchinson battled the flames.

No one was hurt in the fire and authorities believe a brush fire worked its way to the shed, causing it to go up in flames.

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