WEST COUNTY--Clarksville * Highland * Glenelg * Lisbon

Fire destroys barn, calves

A fire destroyed a barn in the Lisbon area Wednesday !B evening, killing three calves and causing $106,000 damage, fire and rescue officials said.

Fire units from Howard, Montgomery and Carroll counties responded to the fire at 6:42 p.m. Calves and cows were rescued from the burning 60-by-80-foot barn, officials said.

The barn was next to the Lisbon Fire Department in the 1300 block of Route 94. Fire officials are investigating whether the fire may have been started by a conveyor system inside the barn.

By 8:25 p.m. the 68 fire personnel from Lisbon, West Friendship, Sykesville, Mount Airy, Damascus and Laytonsville had the blaze under control.

No one was injured.

POLICE

* Highland: 10700 block of Scaggsville Road: A $920 scaffold was stolen from a house under construction between 4 p.m. June 18 and 10 a.m. Monday.

* Woodbine: 600 block of Old Washington Road: An unlocked $150 12-speed Huffy mountain bike was stolen from a front porch between 10 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday.