READING TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A number of 4-H animals including a Reserve Grand Champion hog from this years Hillsdale County Fair were lost in a Monday night barn fire northeast of Reading.
The Hillsdale Daily News reports the fire broke out at around 10:00 p.m. on South Sand Lake Road between Bankers Road and Quackenbush Road.
Reading and Hillsdale Township firefighters along with the Michigan State Police responded.
The owners managed to save several animals and no injuries to humans were reported.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation but it’s thought a heating unit may have started the flames which eventually engulfed the structure.
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