A small barn and an attached garage are total losses following a late night fire Wednesday in Floyd County.
Rockford Fire Chief Cory Murray says they were called to a structure fire in the 400 block of 1st Avenue Southwest in Rockford shortly before midnight Wednesday. He says there were at least three vehicles inside the buildings and initial indication is that the fire may have been caused by the heat off the engine from a vehicle the owner had just driven home and parked in the garage.
Murray says the vehicles were destroyed, but he did not have an estimate on total damages. The owner was home when the fire started, but Murray notes that the barn and garage were not attached to the house.
He says more than two dozen firefighters from Rockford, Charles City, Rudd and Nora Springs fire departments assisted in battling the fire and they were on the scene for about three hours.
No injuries were reported.
