Wood County Authorities Believe Lightning May Have Caused Barn Fire

Thursday, May 12th, 2022 -- 1:00 PM

Wood County authorities believe that lightning may have caused a barn fire in Wood County on Monday.

According to the Richfield Fire Department, they received a call of a barn fire around 11:30pm Monday night  in the 11600 block of State Highway 10 in the Town of Lincoln, southwest of Marshfield.

Several departments were paged and, when they arrived, they found a barn fully engulfed and the barn’s roof partially collapsed. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but authorities believe lightning was the cause.

Crews from the town of Lincoln, Richfield Rural Fire, Town of Rock Fire and Rescue, Cameron Volunteer Fire and Central RIT, Chili Fremont Fire and Rescue, Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department, Hewitt Area Volunteer Fire Department, Pittsville Fire Company, and Spencer Fire Department & Ambulance Service all responded.

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