🌱 Miranda firefighters rush to nearby barn fire threatening multiple structures

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• Miranda firefighters rush to nearby barn fire threatening multiple structures

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📰 News we're reading

• [UPDATE 5:32 p.m.] Barn Fire Threatens Multiple Structures on Phillipsville Road (kymkemp.com) — A barn fire on Phillipsville Road this evening is threatening multiple nearby structures, and volunteer firefighters from Miranda are among the first responders on scene. Aircraft and additional engines from surrounding departments have also been called in as crews work to contain the blaze. Details are still developing and may change as more information comes in.
   

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