LIVERMORE — A fire destroyed a barn Thursday morning on state Route 4 near the Turner line, Fire Chief Don Castonguay said.
A duck was scorched but survived. A lot of chickens also survived, he said.
A neighbor at 1957 Federal Road, which is also state Route 4, reported the fire just before 8:15 a.m.
Castonguay said the owner, whose name was not immediately available, had an extension cord going from the barn to a chicken coop. There was a lot of debris of top of the cord and it caught fire and spread to the barn, he said.
The 20-by-20-foot barn contained a lot of items that were going to be sold at a yard sale, he said.
Several fire departments assisted Livermore Fire Department.
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