OFM Looking Into $1-Million Barn Blaze

Tuesday, 23 July 2013 11:10

The Ontario Fire Marshall is now taking a look at that barn fire in South-West Oxford. An OFM investigator, and the OPP's Criminal Investigations unit is taking a close look at the scene where 110 cattle were killed on the Clarke Road farm, in hopes of finding out the cause. The good news is, another 100 cattle escaped the blaze that broke out at around 2AM Monday. A trucker on the 401 is credited with not only spotting the blaze, but alerting the farm's owner. Damage is estimated to be north of $1-million.

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