Faulty lightbulb causes Knutsford barn fire
Published April 30, 2015 - Eric McCarthy/ Journal-Pioneer
KNUTSFORD — A faulty light bulb
is the likely cause of a fire that destroyed a barn in Knutsford Thursday
afternoon, O’Leary Fire Chief Blair Perry reported.
The call to the property of
Ralph and Sherren Sweet went in to the O’Leary department shortly after 2 p.m.
and Perry said they immediately called in West Point and Alberton Fire
Departments for back-up and to assist with a water shuttle.
By late afternoon Perry called
in a hi-mack to rip steel from the roof of the structure so that firefighters
could get at the smouldering bales of hay and straw.
The machine didn’t have far to
travel, as the barn fire is located directly behind Matthews Lime Spreading’s
heavy machinery yard. The owner of that property had moved some of his
machinery out of harm’s way shortly after the barn went ablaze.
Fire damage was confined to the
barn. Perry said it contained hay and straw but no equipment or
livestock.
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