Firefighters save home from chicken barn fire
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Published: October 06, 2009 9:00 AM
Updated: October 06, 2009 10:15 AM
Updated: October 06, 2009 10:15 AM
Chilliwack firefighters saved a home on Sherlaw Road from a chicken barn fire that broke out late Monday night.
The 6-metre by 13-metre wood-frame barn was fully involved when about 20 firefighters from three firehalls arrived at the property in the 48000-block Sherlaw Road at about 11:30 p.m.
There were no civilian or fightfighter injuries. Few chickens were believed lost in the fire.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but is not considered suspicious.
A heat lamp ocated inside the barn is one possible cause, Assistant Fire Chief Ian Josephson said Tuesday.
The metal cladding on the wood-frame barn probably helped keep flames from spreading to the nearby house, he said.
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