Photo and incident report by J. Birchfield
Multiple fire agencies responded to this barn fire in Mooresville, Indiana.
The fire occurred as the homeowners were burning leaves wind shifted and caught the barn on fire. The female homeowner was working in her flower bed when she looked up to see the barn was on fire.
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Heat from the fire was very intense, melting the siding on the house and causing the first pane of glass on the garage to shatter. Mooresville Fire Department was assisted by the Brown Township and Madison Township fire departments, and tankers were called from Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department and Monroe Township Fire Department.
火是和er control in about an hour. There were no injuries to either the homeowners orfirefighters.
