Firefighters battles two separate barn blazes — both within a mile of each other — early Wednesday morning. The emergency temporarily closed Plano Road at Dye Ford Road and involved about 20 fire trucks across seven different departments, Plano Fire Asst. Chief Wesley Moyers told the Daily News. The department has contacted the state fire marshal's office to conduct an arson investigation.
Photo courtesy of the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
Firefighters battles two separate barn blazes — both within a mile of each other — early Wednesday morning. The emergency temporarily closed Plano Road at Dye Ford Road and involved about 20 fire trucks across seven different departments, Plano Fire Asst. Chief Wesley Moyers told the Daily News. The department has contacted the state fire marshal's office to conduct an arson investigation.
Photo courtesy of the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
Firefighters who battled two barn fires early Wednesday suspect arson and have contacted the state fire marshal’s office to conduct an investigation of the blazes, which were within a mile of each other.
“We find it suspicious,” Plano Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Wesley Moyers told the Daily News.
Moyers said the first call came in at 4:54 a.m. and the second at 5:02 a.m. “Both barns were fully involved” by the time responders arrived, and both structures are total losses, he said.
There were no reported injuries, Moyers said.
He said investigators are still working to determine who owns the barns.
Crowned with sheet metal roofs, one barn fire takes a lot of manpower to fight, let alone two, Moyers said.
The Plano department was assisted by the Alvaton and six other fire departments, Moyers said. He estimated about 20 firetrucks were involved in the emergency response.
Moyers said one resident told him one of the barns was historic, although he couldn’t confirm that or provide other details about the structure’s history.
“I hate to see them gone,” Moyers said of the now-charred structures.
“We have contacted the state fire marshal’s office to come out and investigate it,” Moyers said, noting the investigation may take some time to complete.
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