A fire at a large dairy farm caused more than $400,000 in damage, the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.
No animals or people were hurt in the blaze at Van Der Geest Dairy that erupted about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the agency said.
What sparked the fire in a machine shop at the farm northwest of Wausau remains under investigation.
A worker at the farm noticed the fire and tried to put it out with a fire extinguisher, authorities said.
The dairy farm milks about 3,000 Holstein dairy cattle and encompasses nearly 4,000 acres, according to its website.
Fire crews said it started in a machine shop, and that a person inside noticed the fire and tried to put it out with a fire extinguisher.
Kimberly Freund said she was driving by the farm about a mile away on County Highway K just before 4 p.m.
“The billows of black smoke is just incredible, incredible,” she said. “It is horrible. I am hoping it is not the barn with all the cows in it.”
The dairy farm milks about 3,000 Holstein dairy cattle and encompasses nearly 4,000 acres, according to its website.
Fire crews say no animals were hurt.
Source: WAOW
