Delta firefighters were kept busy Saturday night battling a large barn fire.
It was around 8 p.m. when the first crew arrived at 5054 112th Street in East Delta, near the Highway 99 overpass.
“The first alarm was reports of smoke coming from a barn and upon arrival there was heavy flame and heavy smoke, so it was upgraded to a second alarm right away. So we eventually had seven trucks, 22 firefighters and a battalion chief on the scene with nearly five halls involved,” said Delta Fire Deputy Chief Tim Ipsen.
“Unfortunately, it appeared it had been going for a while. The big structure was lost, so it was strictly a defensive approach and that was the main focus, just protecting the other buildings and keeping the fire from spreading.”
Power was immediately cut off to the area for an extended period and fire crews stayed at the scene well into the night.
Investigators were back at the property on Sunday and Monday trying to determine the cause of the blaze.
“It was a storage barn, more than anything else, with some farming equipment inside,” added Ipsen. “We had some our guys with minor shoulder sprains but there were no serious injuries.”
