Hay barn catches fire

AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Multiple agencies responded to a fire at a hay barn on Tuesday evening in the 600 block of Audrain Road 110.

Dispatch data from the city of Columbia shows the Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a mutual aid call at 4:49 p.m. BCFPD Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said at 6:22 p.m. that the fire was under control.

Smoke was seen coming from the area when a reporter arrived at 5:56 p.m.

Another firefighter from Renick said an excavator was brought to the scene to pull material off the barn. Crews will be set up around it in case the wind kicks it up again.

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