BARN FIRE IN BERRYSBURG

strongEarly Sunday morning for the second week in a row Company 20 members were stirred from their sleep.nbsp This time with Box 26-4 being struck for a barn fire on 295 Weaver Road.font classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeTruck 20 quickly responded with a full crew and Engine 20 and Tanker 20 quickly followed.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeChief 26 Mace and Engine 26 arrived at the scene and reported a working fire.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeEngine 26 laid 5 with Engine 20 picking it up and laid out to a porta-tank.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeEngine 28 set up a fill site at a dry hydrant at Alka Farms.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeThe Tower crew assisted Engine 26s crew with the initial attack on the hay bales.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeIt was quickly realized that big water was needed and a portable deck gun was set up for attack.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeEngine 21 assisted Engine 28 with the fill site and later moved to Zimmerman Road in Upper Paxton Twp. to establish a secondary fill site with the hydrant system in that area.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeThe hay bales were removed from the barn which was actually a metal open-ended shed and extinguished.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeRoughly 130000 gallons of water were used at this call.fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida Grandenbsp fontfont classApple-style-span faceLucida GrandeIn addition to the units responding to the scene Engine 201 stood by in quarters Perry Tanker 2 transferred to Station 20 Engine 38 transferred to Station 21 and Engine 29-1 stood by in their quarters.fontstrong