Fire Destroys Swine Barn in Darke County, Ohio

A fire broke out at a swine barn on Brown Road in Versailles, Ohio, late on Friday evening. Crews from multiple surrounding jurisdictions arrived soon after, as the fire triggered a second- and third-alarm response. A three-alarm fire call brings triple the amount of firefighters, trucks and equipment to the scene of the fire. Any fire alarm dispatch that goes past two is considered a very big fire that could take considerable time to completely extinguish, according to desert-fire.com. Versailles Fire Chief Brian Pearson told the Daily Advocate that the fire was contained to one barn. The barn was a newer building that held 1,100 pigs. Although employees were reported to be at the facility, there were no injuries to any humans. Flames from the fire could be seen from a far distance. Rossburg Fire Chief Rob Widener shared photos to Facebook of the intense fire. CareFlight was alerted of the fire when a first responder went missing, but the individual was located and CareFlight was