Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014

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At around noon on Sunday March 2nd Howard County dispatched a box assignment for a reported barn fire in the 15100 block of Roxbury Road in the Glenelg section of the County. Units arrived on the scene reporting a 75' X 100' barn with a working fire. As there are no hydrants in the area a water supply was set up on the property and tankers shuttled water from 2 water cisterns in the area. Companies used handlines and knocked the fire down from the exterior until the integrity of the structure was determined to be safe. A firefighter using a tractor on the site pulled the hay bales out of the building and crews wet them down away from the barn. No injuries were reported but 5 sheep were killed in the blaze.