Two barns burn in Todd County

Photo from Elkton VFD Facebook page

Two barns burned Friday in Todd County.

Elkton and Guthrie firefighters were called to a tobacco barn on fire on KY 181 just south of South Todd Elementary School about 4:20 p.m. and were able to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby crops.

At about 9:15 pm. Elkton firefighters were dispatched to Bennett Cemetery Road and found a barn holding about 800 round bales of hay on fire. Allensville, Sharon Grove, Allegre and Russellville firefighters assisted in fighting that blaze and personnel remained on scene until about 3 a.m.

Photo provided by Sam Suiter