Firefighters from Atlantic and Marne were asked to provide mutual aid in the form of manpower and tanker trucks, to help Walnut Fire battle a hog confinement barn fire. Crews from Avoca, Elk Horn and Hancock also responded to the scene. The call for mutual aid went out at around 8:17-a.m, for the barn fire located at 52763 Whippoorwill Road. Walnut Fire Chief Justen Tooley told KJAN News about 100 hogs were in the confinement building. It’s unclear how many survived the blaze, if any.

The assisting fire departments were allowed to return to their base by 10:25-a.m., with Walnut crews still on the scene containing hot spots and conducting mop-up activities. Tooley did not have a dollar of amount of the damage to the building, nor had a cause of the fire been determined as of late Wednesday morning.