Lightning Sparks Huge Elmira area Fire
Posted Jul 26, 2012 11:11:42 AM.
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Lightning is to blame for a massive barn fire outside Elmira this morning.
Police say crews responded around 2:20, to the farm on Listowel Rd, by Line 86.
The barn was completely destroyed, and thousands of animals inside were killed.
The barn itself is valued at more than half a million dollars.
More than 40-thousand dollars worth of cattle, pigs, and chickens died.
The road was closed for most of the morning, as firefighters battled the blaze.
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