Images from barn fire near Milan

Marvin Markgraff, left, and his wife Shirley watch as their barn burns Tuesday night in Milan. The Markgraffs were called by their neighbors who told them the barn was on fire. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com
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Marvin Markgraff, left, and his wife Shirley watch as their barn burns Tuesday night in Milan. The Markgraffs were called by their neighbors who told them the barn was on fire. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/cache/_MG_9538_fullsize.jpg
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Marvin Markgraff says the barn was built in 1924, and the only thing inside was some old tools. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/cache/_MG_9545_fullsize.jpg
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A Milan Area firefighter helps put out a fire in Milan on Tuesday night. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/cache/_MG_9571_fullsize.jpg
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A barn fire burns in Milan on Tuesday night. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/cache/_MG_9584_fullsize.jpg
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Augusta firefighters, along with three other departments, worked to put the barn fire out on Tuesday night in Milan. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/cache/_MG_9601_fullsize.jpg
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A Milan Area firefighter tries to put out a hotspot during a barn fire in Milan on Tuesday. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/cache/_MG_9640_fullsize.jpg
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Fire engines from Augusta, Milan, Pittsfield and Exeter line up near the barn after getting water from a nearby fire hydrant. Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/cache/_MG_9668_fullsize.jpg
Four fire departments responded to a barn fire located near the intersection of Milan-Oakville and Fuller roads near Milan on Tuesday, Aug. 27.
The owners, Marvin and Shirley Markgraff, were notified of the fire Tuesday evening when a neighbor called them. There were no injuries reported.
Fire crews from Augusta, Milan, Pittsfield and Exeter responded.
Marvin told AnnArbor.com that the barn was built in 1924 and that the only thing inside was some old tools.
It was not clear what started the fire. A message seeking more information about the fire was left with the Milan fire department Wednesday.
Intern photographer Patrick Record captured these images.
Comments
Nicholas Urfe
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 : 9:03 p.m.
"and that the only thing inside was some old tools." Some old tools? Some old tools. Some old tools! Said someone who clearly has not experienced the terrible quality of "new" tools, and the many virtues of old tools.
TinyArtist
Thu, Aug 29, 2013 : 12:20 p.m.
"I do now", said someone whose fingers flew faster than the workings of the force driving them.
chapmaja
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 : 11:10 p.m.
You do know that the "some old tools" was a quote from the property owner don't you?