Chino Valley Independent Fire District firefighters at 3:54 a.m. Wednesday morning responded to a hay fire at the Vander Eyk Dairy Farm located on 17450 Hellman Avenue in Chino.
Firefighters arrived on scene to find 900 tons of hay and three commercial farm vehicles fully involved.
The original call came in at 3:30 a.m. as a reported structure fire in Riverside County. Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department responded on scene with four engines. Four Chino Valley Independent Fire District engines, one truck, one water tender and one battalion chief responded to the scene. The dollar loss of the U-shaped barn is $150,000 and the content loss, including the three vehicles, is $600,000.
Chino Valley Fire District Firefighters were able to save a barn on the eastern side of the U-shaped barn involved for a $50,000 save. Firefighters also extinguished a small spot of fire in another hay barn on the south. The fire has been contained and is actively burning within the containment lines. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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