81-year-old dead, 1 other hurt after fire in Warren County
An 81-year-old man was killed in a barn fire in Warren County on Tuesday.
The Northern Warren Fire Department says it was dispatched to a barn fire on Geneva Street in the Spring Hill area around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. While crews were en route, they learned the building was fully engulfed in flames and there was at least one severe burn victim.
When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the barn and that bystanders had pulled an 81-year-old man from the building.
With mutual aid from the Indianola Fire Department, the fire was quickly brought under control.
The man pulled from the building was transported by air ambulance to a nearby hospital in critical condition. He later died.
A second victim was taken to a hospital by ground ambulance and is believed to have non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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