QUINCY, MI (WTVB) – An engine block heater in a piece of equipment that was being stored in a large barn at 315 Maple Road is being as the likely cause of a fire that destroyed the barn Saturday afternoon.
The Quincy Fire Department was dispatched at about 1:15 p.m. and found the structure fully involved in flames when they arrived.
They managed to save another building that was less than five feet away from the burning structure.
Crews from Coldwater, Allen and Fremont, Indiana provided mutual aide.
Firefighters were on the scene for nearly four hours. No injuries were reported.