A barn and a corn crib were both destroyed in a fire on Sunday night, May 15, 2022, near Boyden.
According to Boyden Fire Chief Chris Starkenburg, about 11:28 p.m., the Boyden Fire Department was called to the report of a barn fully engulfed near 320th and Lily Avenue, four miles east of Boyden or three miles west of Sheldon.
The chief says the fire department saw both the barn and the corn crib fully engulfed, with a good portion of the grove on fire as well as they approached the scene. He says the fire was difficult to attack, due to an overgrowth of trees. He says it was an abandoned farm place. According to the chief, they had to close Lily Ave so they had a place to put drop tanks. He says they put the tanks on the road and pumped from there.
Starkenburg says no injuries were reported.