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Barn Destroyed in Predawn Fire Monday on Silvermine Road
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A two-story barn in New Canaan was lost in a predawn fire Monday, officials say. The horses kept in the barn at 407 Silvermine Road already had been let out into a pasture and were not injured in the blaze, according to New Canaan Interim Fire Chief Albert Bassett.
Firefighters were alerted by a call at approximately 4:48 a.m. from a worker at the New Canaan Mounted Troop, which is located nearby, Bassett said. A second alarm went out at 4:56 a.m., dispatch records show. The barn included stalls downstairs and a hayloft upstairs “and it was fully involved when we got there,” Bassett said. “It was already a loss when we arrived,” he said.