Livestock escape barn fire near Newcomerstown - WJER Radio 100.9FM & 1450AM

Livestock escape barn fire near Newcomerstown - WJER Radio 100.9FM & 1450AM

NEWCOMERSTOWN – All of the animals made it out of an Oxford Township barn before it burned to the ground early Thursday morning. Chief Jeff Parks says the call came in just after 3:30 a.m. from the 13000 block of River Road Southwest. He says the barn was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. He says the 50-by-100-foot barn and the equipment inside are a total loss, but the owners got their cows out of the barn safely. Six other de…