The scene after a barn fire on Duart Road. October 23, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Chatham-Kent Fire and Emergency Services)
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UPDATE: Damage estimated at $2M, cause 'undetermined' after barn fire

No injuries are being reported and there is no word on a cause yet after a two-storey barn burned down on the eastern edge of Chatham-Kent.

Chatham-Kent fire officials said they were called to the scene at 19914 Duart Road just before 4 a.m. Monday, adding that the barn was already fully ablaze by the time they arrived.

Firefighters from Bothwell, Orford, and Ridgetown were all called in and took a "defensive" approach to fire.

Fire crews were still at the scene as of 10:30 a.m. Monday with an excavator also present to help clean up the site.

The cause is going down as undetermined and the damage was estimated at $2 million.

*An earlier version of this story said the damage was estimated at $200,000 as per an earlier release from Chatham-Kent fire officials. They have since corrected the estimated damage estimate to $2 million and the story now reflects that.

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