Authorities responded to a barn fire early Thursday morning. Just before 1a.m.  a Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy reported a barn fire south of the residence at 2064 Larch Avenue.

Kalona Fire, Riverside Fire, Washington Fire and Alliant Energy responded.

Kalona Fire Chief Jerry Zahradnek describes the scene, “Well it was an old corn crib, kind of the only thing in it was a green sweep and a couple of wagons. It did have electricity to it, it was fully engulfed upon our arrival. Roof had already come down. No damage to the exposures, we had a building probably 30-40 feet away. No damage to it.”

Zahradnek continues, “With electricity being in the building, cause is going to be undetermined. There’s really no way to figure it out. We cooled it down a little bit then let it burn itself out.”

There were no injuries reported. Cost of the damage is yet to be determined.