Dairy barn fire near Listowel involves 88 cattle
Source: www.ctvnews.ca
A dairy barn near Listowel caught fire on Wednesday night, with 88 cattle involved, according to officials. Fire crews from several departments in the Perth County area responded.
The North Perth Fire Department dispatched crews at about 9:05 p.m. to a barn on Line 88, where a structure fire was already burning. Firefighters attended from its Listowel, Atwood and Monkton stations.
Departments from Minto, Mapleton and Howick supplied mutual aid as firefighters sought to contain the flames.
At roughly 11:15 p.m., heavy equipment arrived to support the firefighting operation.
No injuries were reported among firefighters or other people at the site.
One crew from Listowel was still at the property on Thursday morning. Investigators were continuing to examine the cause of the blaze.
