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PIERCETON -ÊA fire caused more than $25,000 damage to a barn in Pierceton over the weekend.
According to Gordon Baker, Pierceton fire chief, a barn owned by Barb Farris at 4830 S. CR 675E caught fire around 11:55 a.m. Saturday.
The building, which is rented by Rex Mast, caught fire when fuel in a tractor was ignited by a spark. Mast was working inside the building on the tractor's fuel system when a wrench fell onto a battery and ignited the fuel.
No one was injured in the fire, which caused between $25,000 and $35,000 damage.
The Pierceton Fire Department was assisted by the Larwill Fire Department and the Sidney Fire Department at the scene.
