Two horses escaped unharmed when a barn burned down Saturday in an unincorporated area near Frankfort.
Scott Youdris, who owns the property in the 9000 block of West Dralle Road, said his horse and one belonging to his mother let themselves out of the two-story wooden barn and were waiting in the paddock behind it.
Horses hate fire, Youdris said. When I opened the gate they ran straight to my folks pasture.
No one was hurt nor was his house damaged.
His mother, Betsy Youdris, said the flames reached up 30 feet in the air as she watched from her neighboring home.
Frankfort Fire Protection District Chief Jim Grady said the cause of the fire was under investigation but did not look suspicious. The fire was reported about 10:30 a.m. Water trucks from several neighboring departments helped extinguish the fire within an hour.
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