FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED OUT TO THE SCENE OF DOUBLE BARN FIRE YESTERDAY IN BEDFORD COUNTY.
MANY FIRE COMPANIES FROM BEDFORD COUNTY, SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND FROM OUT OF STATE BATTLED THE BLAZE WHICH DESTROYED TWO BARNS YESTERDAY ALONG KING-ST. CLAIR ROAD IN ALUM BANK. FIRE OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE TWO BARNS CONTAINED NUMEROUS HEADS OF CATTLE. IN ALL, SOME 90 COWS WERE LOST IN THE BLAZE. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR AT LEAST A MILE FROM THE FIRE AREA. FIRE FIGHTERS SAID THAT THEY HAD TO BATTLE THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND HAD TO USE WATER FROM MANY TANKERS TO FIGHT THE FLAMES. AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION HAS BEEN LISTED AS THE PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF THE BLAZE. THE STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING.
