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Fire destroys dairy barn in Butler County

PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Firefighters battled a dairy barn fire in Butler County on Tuesday.

Butler County 911 officials say first responders were sent to a property on Powell Road in Penn Township around 9:30 a.m.

Our crew on scene could see a heavily damaged and collapsed barn with smoke still billowing in the air.

It wasn’t immediately clear if any livestock were hurt or killed in the fire. 911 officials say they weren’t aware of injuries to persons on scene.

The Butler County Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is coordinating monetary, hay and feed donations for the Mock Family, who they say are one of 22 remaining dairy farms in the county.

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