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UPDATE: Shed fire results in $1 million loss

ALBION TOWNSHIP—Edgerton fire officials continue to investigate an early morning tobacco shed fire that destroyed its wood-frame structure and contents, according to Brian Demrow, fire chief.

Edgerton firefighters found the building fully engulfed upon arrival at 306 Goede Road, about a mile north of the Edgerton city limits in Dane County, Demrow said.

“The building was already burned down to the ground when we got there,’’ he said.

Fire officials continue to investigate the cause of the fire that was reported at 1:02 a.m. They also are still trying to figure out what was inside and where the fire started. The nature of the fire, however, is not considered suspicious, Demrow said.

The shed, its contents—farm equipment and machinery inside and outside—already are considered a total loss, he said.

The estimated loss, at this time, is more than $1 million dollars, according to a press release from the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

Demrow said the department also is working on getting information regarding the shed’s owner.

A house, another barn and out buildings received no damage because they were at least 50 feet away from the shed, he said.

There also were no injuries, Demrow said.

Milton Fire Department provided a tanker and Evansville firefighters provided backup at Edgerton's fire station, Demrow said.