The Albemarle County Fire Marshal's Office is trying to figure out what sparked a blaze that destroyed a barn at Verulam Farm on Bloomfield Road early Monday morning.
Firefighters were first called to the scene just before 5 a.m. Monday. When crews arrived on scene, the barn was fully engulfed in fire.
No one was hurt and no animals were harmed.
Deputy Fire Marshal Shawn Maddox says the barn was used to store vehicles and horses, but the animals were outside at the time of the blaze.
"We actually had the property owner here when we got here, so he knew all the horses were out and that his family was accounted for,” he stated. “Pretty much it was protecting the adjoining property, keeping it from spreading."