GENESEE COUNTY/Bethany
Fast moving blaze destroys barn
By the time Michael Adams spotted the black smoke coming from the corner of his storage barn on his 500 acre farm it was too late.
Adams called 9-1-1 to report a barn fire and the Bethany Fire Department responded calling in a second alarm.
Several buildings nearby that house some beef cattle were being threatened by the hot fire that totaled the storage barn.
Responding fire companies were able to save those structures.
All of the cattle were out in the field at the time of the fire.
The 40-60 foot barn was mostly used to store bedding for the 60 beef cattle and120 dairy calves that make up the Adams farm on Little Canada road.
Adams says he has owned the farm since 1978.
When he purchased the land the property was just a cornfield.
The barn that was destroyed today was built in 1979.
Adams says many memories of building the structure with his family came back to him today as it burned to the ground in a matter of minutes.
Adams says he will rebuild a smaller structure to replace the barn .
The Genesee County Sheriff's Office is assisting in the investigation of what caused the fire.
No one was injured.
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