Barn Burning

Saturday evening a thunderstorm rolled through. We went out to dinner, and as we made our way back home, we noticed smoke rising over near the farm where I grew up, and where my father and brother still live.

So we drove over.

One of the neighbors, who also is one of my husband's cousins, had lost a barn.

This was a pole barn that was about 10 years old.

It had about 400 rolls of hay stored inside.

The fire department was there, but the structure was gone when they arrived. They decided to soak the ground around the barn and let it burn.

Barns sometimes catch fire because they have hay in them that has been put up too wet or green. As green or wet hay dries, chemical changes cause heat, which eventually creates a fire. However, the owner said he had not put up hay for at least month, and since we'd just had a storm, lightning seemed the most plausible cause.

You just never know!


*For the first time ever, I have linked up with Barn Charm at the suggestion of one of my readers.*