SHERWOOD, Ore. (KATU) — Firefighters successfully kept a large barn fire that started in the building’s chimney from spreading to nearby buildings Friday night in a rural area of Sherwood, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue said.
People at the property on Southwest Labrousse Road near Middleton Road, just southwest of the main part of town, reported the fire at about 6:30 p.m., fearing flames from the barn would spread to nearby buildings.
Flames tore through the roof of the large metal-clad pole barn and thick black smoke billowed out of several openings of the barn…