WHEATFIELD, NY — Multiple structures were destroyed in a fire on Lockport Road on Nov. 16.
The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received multiple calls at 8:10 p.m. reporting a barn on fire at 3149 Lockport Road.
Deputies responded and found multiple structures on the property fully engulfed in fire.
Members of the Shawnee, Bergholz, Sanborn, Wendelville and Niagara Falls Air Reserve fire companies responded and extinguished the fire.
The primary barn sustained catastrophic damage and was deemed a total loss.
Livestock were present in one of the affected structures at the time of the fire.
Five cows successfully escaped.
One cow succumbed to the fire despite rescue efforts.
The Niagara County Fire Investigation Unit is investigating the cause of the fire.
