About an hour and a half ago I heard a siren that sounded like a fire truck. I looked out the window and saw a big plume of smoke in the sky which didn't look too far away. I can't remember the last time I saw that. Hastily I went into the living room and through the front door. I tried to get a better look, but it was only more obstructed by the neighbors houses on the other side of the street.

At first, I thought it was coming from the local school building. It's right down the road, in sight from our place. The former owner of this house was a school teacher. I tried to see if there were people evacuating the building, but it all seemed normal from what I could tell; although it was a bit difficult to see. The smoke was coming from the north and I thought that if it wasn't coming from the school, it must have been very close on the other side.

Just a matter of minutes ago I went on the local news website and saw a report of a barn fire. The time-stamp was 9:13 AM, right about the time I saw it, if that's what it was. The information was very limited, but it said the fire happened south of a town which just so happens to be north of where we live. What's more is that the road where it occurred is the road where my dad's childhood home is located, and they had a barn in the backyard. It's a rural area and there's a lot of farms around there, but it's really got my attention today. My grandmother moved out of there a few years ago and the place has since been abandoned, it's a very old and dilapidated house, and the barn is in no better shape. I've been in it before, my grandparents weren't farmers, so they basically just used it like a warehouse, it was just cluttered full of old random belongings.

I don't know. We have a man in the family who lives next door to that place, rather loosely related, I think he's my dad's cousin or something like that. I suppose we'll hear something from him pretty soon if that barn went up in flames.

More information came up, including an image. I don't recognize the property.