A barn near Dorking, east of Listowel, was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon.

Fire crews from Drayton, Moorefield, Palmerston and Milverton were called to the site – on Wellington Road 10 east of Line 86 – around 1:15 p.m.

 

They quickly moved to douse nearby fuel tanks and protect them from the flames.

As of 6 p.m., firefighters remained on-scene to watch for and deal with flare-ups.

Approximately 110 veal calves were killed in the fire.

Information on a damage estimate and the cause of the fire was not immediately available.

No humans were injured.