Family Loses Their ’Girls’ In Cattle Barn Fire

Jessica Gilmore looked out the sliding-glass kitchen doors at the remains of her family’s cattle barn Wednesday. A fire Tuesday night left little standing but the garage frame and barn wall facing the road, with the rest of the structure at 507 West Hill Road either caved in or on the ground. All but one of more than 50 cows and heifers died in the blaze, trapped inside the burning barn. “It’s bad because we’re here," said Jessica, who owns the farm with her husband, Kelley. "We’ve got to look at it.”