Adam Prudhomme
Editor
Greater Napanee Emergency Services responded to a large fire at a dairy barn on Concession Road 3 in Dorland on Saturday night that claimed the lives of several cattle inside.
“It was a dairy barn and we’re looking at 80 plus animals that didn’t make it out,” said GNES fire chief John Koenig. “We got called out at approximately 9 p.m. (Saturday) night, we cleared most of our trucks out by 2 a.m. and then the last truck left 11:30 a.m. this morning.”
The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
Photo by @DeputyChief812
After a quiet stretch of no major fires, this fire marked the second weekend in a row GNES crews were called to significant structure fire.
“The last week we’ve had two fires which is rare for us, the last few years we were busy back when the Pickstock arson fires (were taking place in 2017 and ‘18) but after that kind of came to an end we’ve just had a few fires now and again but it’s been really good the last couple of years but now we’ve had two in one week,” said Koenig.