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SUGAR GROVE, Pa. – A multi-alarm fire engulfed a structure on Rowley Road in Sugar Grove Sunday afternoon.
(Photo courtesy Marlene Rowley. The structure at 250 Rowley Road, Sugar Grove was engulfed in flame following an explosion Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.)
Neighbors reported hearing a loud bang, possibly an explosion, at approximately 3:15 p.m. Sunday. Within minutes, the barn structure at 250 Rowley Road was engulfed in flame.
“It sounded like an explosion,” Marlene Rowley, who lives approximately one-eighth of a mile away, said. “It shook the whole house and the electricity flickered. I went outside and saw the smoke.”
A call went out to Youngsville, Lander and Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Departments at 3:20 p.m.
Firefighters battled the blaze for about an hour before containing it. Firefighters were on scene as of 8 p.m. Sunday.
The owner posted to Facebook that three goats and a dog were lost in the blaze.
Wrightsville, Bear Lake, and Busti and Frewsburg, New York, VFDs assisted on scene.
Your Daily Local reporters Andy Close and Brian Hagberg contributed to this report.
