(Wallingford)– An electrical short in a fan motor was cited as the cause of a fire today (Mon.) that damaged a hog confinement near Wallingford.
Fire Chief Jarrod Fischer says there was a fire in the window where the fan was located on the west end of the building. He says firefighters removed insulation and used a thermal image camera to make sure the fire was completely out.
No pigs were lost in the incident.
A damage estimate to the building, owned by State Line Coop of Burt, wasn’t available.
Firefighters were called to the scene around 11:30 a.m. They were there about an hour.
Fischer says it could have been much worse had a caretaker not been on the site at the time. He discovered the fire, put it out, and disconnected the power.
