10/22/17 South Ave Barn Fire, New Canaan, CT
Darien Fire Department assisted New Canaan Fire Department in battling a barn fire on Sunday night, October 22, 2017.
The cause of a fire that consumed a South Avenue barn late Sunday, drawing multiple rescue personnel to New Canaan near the Darien line, remains under investigation, officials say.
Nothing of value had been stored in the 1,472-square-foot barn at 986 South Ave., according to New Canaan Fire Marshal Fred Baker.
“There is no assumption of foul play,” Baker told NewCanaanite.com in an email.
The barn did have power running to it from the main house, he said.
The house and a small cottage, both 1790-built structures, suffered no damage during the fire, though the barn appears to be a total loss, according to Fire Chief Jack Hennessey.
Embers from the blaze started brush fires in nearby wooded areas and small fires in the rain gutters of a nearby adjoining home, with no damage, according to Hennessey.
Firefighters from New Canaan and Darien extinguished the brush and gutter fires, he said.
Fire departments from Wilton, Darien, Vista, N.Y. and Pound Ridge, N.Y. assisted fighting the fire, to which firefighters were alerted around 7:43 p.m.
New Canaan Police were on scene helping out, as were members of the Community Emergency Response Team and New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Hennessey said.