Fire destroys Madison Twp. business’ barn that housed trucks

Fire official: Barn at Norvell’s Turf Management Inc. was full of hay, three trucks.
The Madison Twp. Fire Department and mutual aid departments are battling a fire this morning at Norvell's Turf Management Inc. on Elk Creek Road. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

The Madison Twp. Fire Department and mutual aid departments are battling a fire this morning at Norvell's Turf Management Inc. on Elk Creek Road. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

MADISON TWP. — A barn at a popular Butler County business was a total loss after fire spread throughout the building this morning, according to a Madison Twp. fire official.

When firefighters arrived at Norvell’s Turf Management Inc., 7548 Elk Creek Road, at 8:35 a.m., the barn was engulfed in flames, said Thomas Hall, a Madison Twp. firefighter. He said the barn was full of hay with three trucks parked inside.

Hall said the hay made it “more difficult” to put out the fire. Heavy equipment was used to pull all of the hay out of the barn, he said.

The building and its contents were a total loss. Hall didn’t know the value of the property loss.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, Hall said.

No firefighters or Norvell’s employers were hurt, he said.

Madison received mutual aid from Trenton, Wayne Twp., St. Clair Twp., German Twp. and Carlisle, Hall said.

After Madison left the fire at Norvell’s, firefighters were called to a large field fire on Jacksonburg Road, just south of Ohio 73, Hall said.

He said 20 to 30 acres were burned, but firefighters stopped the fire before it reached nearby structures and houses, according to Hall.

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