WARREN COUNTY, Iowa – Des Moines fire crews are on the scene of a barn fire in northern Warren County, just east of Echo Valley Country Club in Norwalk.
Lt. Rick Thomas with the Des Moines Fire Department says a passerby called in the fire at 9131 SW 28th at 3:10 a.m. When firefighters arrived, the structure was fully engulfed and the metal pole barn had partially collapsed.
There are no water hydrants in the area, so Des Moines used two tankers to truck in water and asked the Norwalk Fire Department for one tanker truck to help out.
The owners of the property tell WHO Channel 13 they were notified about the fire around 4:00 a.m.
Lt. Thomas says there is no indication that there were any people inside the barn. Horses that were in a corral close to the fire were turned out into a pasture. Fire officials were not able to say whether there were an animals inside the barn.