BROOKINGS It was all hands on deck for every fire department in Brookings County when a call came in on Sept. 2 regarding a barn ablaze near Brookings.
The fire at the Allan and Janell Vandervliet residence, 46750 209th St., brought a response that lasted for roughly eight hours, from 8:06 p.m. Sept. 2 to just after 4 a.m. Sept. 3. It also resulted in a firefighter being taken to Brookings Health System for an unknown injury, according to information from the Brookings County Sheriffs Office.
The owner noticed flames and smoke coming from a window on the east side of the barn and called for help, Brookings County Assistant Sheriff David Biteler wrote in a news release on Sept. 3. Due to the barn housing mainly hay bales and the speed that the fire consumed the structure, fire personnel were able to contain the fire to that area.
The blaze caused an estimated $75,000 in damage to the barn, along with another $2,000 or so in damage to the hay bales.
Responding agencies were fire departments from Brookings, Volga, Bruce, White, Sinai, Aurora and Elkton, along with Brookings Ambulance.
The fire is being investigated by the sheriffs office, Biteler said.
Contact Mondell Keck at [email protected].
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