Crews battle huge barn fire in Mercer County

Flames from what was reported as a massive barn fire in the 4000 block of U.S. 127 spread to a second barn.

The multi-tanker response continued into Wednesday night. Crews were initially dispatched about 9:10 p.m.

What's in the barns is not clear. A firefighter with the Coldwater Fire Department said there has been no report of animals being in the barns.

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The multi-tanker response was triggered by the fact that the property is in rural Mercer County, south of Montezuma and east of Coldwater.

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There are fire crews from several jurisdictions there to bring water to the scene. They include Montezuma Volunteer Fire Department, Coldwater, Celina, Chickasaw, New Bremen, Osgood, St. Henry and Fort Recovery,

We will update this developing report.

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