Wood Shed Destroyed By Fire

Nobody was hurt in a shed fire near Friendship Sunday morning.

(Friendship, Ind.) – Firefighters in Ripley County were taken to the wood shed Sunday.

Actually, they put out the fire at a wood storage shed on the 3200 block of Olean Road after responding to the scene at around 6:30 a.m., according to the Friendship Volunteer Fire Department. The shed which housed a wood furnace was fully involved upon firefighters’ arrival.

It took about 1,000 gallons of water to put out the blaze. The shed and its contents were a total loss, the fire department said.

A cause of the fire is under investigation.

A Rescue 69 ambulance was present at the scene with firefighters.

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