PEORIA, Ill. – No people are injured, but a number of animals are dead following a barn fire in the North Peoria area.
That’s according to Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins, who says crews from Chillicothe and four other departments responded to the barn on North Kenneth Street, not far from Dean Street and Galena Road, at 12:49 P.M. Thursday.
Watkins tells 25 News sheep and rabbits perished in the fire.
He says a heat lamp may have caused the fire, but an investigation is continuing.
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