~ On Easter Morn A Cloud Arose ... ~

Enroute home from our brunch with Joshua & Ashley on Easter morn ... we saw this billowing cloud of smoke ... so we decided to 'check it out'.

Approaching gorgeous dairy farm ...

it is a huge operating farm ...

we were the third car on the scene, the 20+ fire departments came about 10 to 15 minutes later.

I captured these photos of the devastating fire that broke our hearts to view.

This is the ladder truck trying to contain this fire.

It was unbelievable.

One cannot fathom such a horrific sight ...

All we could do was pray that no one person nor animal was injured or killed.

This is the article that appeared in our news paper release ... they actually used our photos for the newspaper article.

Woodsboro --The Frederick County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a barn fire on Sunday afternoon. Fire damage to the 75- by 400-foot barn is estimated at roughly $750,000, said Mike Dmuchowski, spokesman for the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services.

Smoke from the fire was visible from Frederick shortly after it started.

About 174 cows were inside the barn when the fire started, and about 60 made it out, Dmuchowski said. One firefighter was taken from the scene for medical evaluation.

Marydon Ford was driving nearby when she saw billowing smoke from the barn getting higher and blacker.

Arriving near the scene on Legore Bridge Road, Ford said she saw flames at one end of the barn suddenly erupt.

"People were running everywhere," she said.