By Shannon McFarlin WENK/WTPR News Director
Huntingdon, Tenn.—A barn fire exhausted members of the Huntingdon Fire and Rescue Department last night, as a total of 29 firemen worked over four hours battling the blaze and consumed 60 bottles of oxygen in the process.
The department was dispatched to 11940 Lexington Street at 6:44 p.m. Monday to respond to the fire at a barn owned by Charles and Elizabeth Crider. Crider was able to remove ten horses from the barn prior to arrival of the units, according to Fire Marshal Steve Price.
Hunting Director of Public Safety Walter Smothers said the fire is still of unknown origin and was burning deep within the hay that was stored in the barn. “Members of the department used a tractor to help pull hay from the structure so that the burning hay could be extinguished,” Smothers said.
Firefighters were on the scene until 10:18 p.m. and Smothers said, “Exhaustion soon became an equal battle as was the attempt to get to the burning hay.”
Firefighters were again dispatched to the scene at 5:07 a.m. this morning when Crider called 911 to report the hay had re-ignited. Firefighters worked for another hour this morning until the fire was again extinguished.
Smothers said all hay has now been removed from the barn.
Photo by Walter Smothers.
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