EAST MOLINE, Ill. — UPDATE (8:46 a.m. Feb. 15):
The Silvis Fire Department reported that all animals were safe and accounted for after a barn fire Monday night in the 4600 block of Friendship Farm Road in East Moline.
A neighbor that had been woken up by fire got to the barn and opened the gates so that the three horses and a donkey that were inside the barn could escape, according to a Facebook post from the Silvis Fire Department.
The fire crews worked to protect a neighboring home from the barn fire. The flames were put out at about midnight, but crews remained on site for a couple hours to monitor the scene.
The cause of the fire has not been determined as of Tuesday morning, according to the fire department.
ORIGINAL (12:43 a.m. Feb. 15):
Fire crews battled a barn engulfed in flames late Monday night in the 4000 block of Friendship Farm Road near TPC Deere Run, Silvis Fire Chief John Winters said.
Winters spoke to News 8 and said responders were dispatched at about 11 p.m. Monday and were told horses had previously been in the barn, but they did not know if any were caught in the fire.
Multiple firefighters, police units and MidAmerican Energy workers were on the scene.
Officials said they do not know how the fire started.
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