Weather conditions may have played a factor in a fast burning fire earlier Tuesday.
Flames engulfed a barn around 5:30 pm, Tuesday afternoon at 460 E. Hume Rd. in Lima. With a strong breeze from the west gusting as high as 23mph at one point, once the fire was started it could not be stopped. First to respond to the blaze was the Perry Township Fire Department.
Assistant Fire Chief of the Perry Township Fire Department, Justin Roberts says the structure was ruled as a total loss.
While no one was injured, the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
10:30 P.M. Update:
We're learning that an investigation is being launched in to what caused the barn fire early Tuesday evening in Allen County.
A lieutenant with the Allen County Sheriff's Office is telling Your News Now that this case is being handed off to the Perry Township Police Department. The Perry Township Police Department will be interviewing people soon to determine if the cause of fire is arson. Deputies estimate that damage to be around $26,000.
We will update you on this story as new information comes in to us.
