No people or animals were injured or lost in a barn fire in rural Peotone on the afternoon of February 24. The Manhattan Fire Protection District reported the structural fire occurred after a tractor stored inside caught fire.
Fire crews were dispatched to the scene in the 4000 block of Church Road at approximately 4:30 p.m. They found a working fire, primarily limited to the tractor stored inside, in a large horse barn with an arena. Because there were no hydrants, fire crews had to establish a rural water supply.
“Firefighters acted quickly to extinguish the tractor fire before it could extend to the surrounding hay or compromise the entire structure. Their rapid intervention prevented further fire spread and significant property loss,” said Jackie Palkovitz, in a Manhattan Fire Protection District press release…