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Firefighters responded Tuesday morning to a call for a barn fire at 35600 Almstead St.
ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — A barn fire killed multiple animals Tuesday morning northeast of Brighton, according to a spokesperson for Brighton Fire Rescue.
Brighton Fire and South Adams County Fire Department responded to the fire Tuesday morning at a barn at 35600 Almstead Street. Three goats and three pigs were killed in the fire, while many chickens escaped.
This is the third barn fire in the past month. The cause is under investigation but may have been sparked by heat lamps keeping the animals warm, according to Brighton Fire.
On Nov. 27, crews from the Franktown Fire Protection District responded to a smoke alarm in a horse barn near North Russellville Road and Colorado State Highway 83.
When crews arrived just before 4 a.m., they found the barn fully engulfed. Numerous horses passed away in the fire, and one person was taken to the hospital, according to Franktown Fire.
On Dec. 4, crews from South Metro Fire Rescue and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a barn fire 9480 Patty Lane in Douglas County. No injuries were reported from that fire.
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