Buchanan said contents included tack, 100 bales of hay, an antique table made in 1887 along with the old farmhouse, tools, lumber, chicken feed, two show saddles and five other saddles among other items.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire is undetermined, but right now the strongest suspicion is an electrical fire that started in the southeast corner of the barn, said Cortez Fire Protection District Fire Chief Jay Balfour, who was on scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so much damage we may never be able to say 100% what the cause was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Buchanan had just left the house at 1:30 p.m. to go to visit her sister in Cortez. She got a call around 2:30 p.m. from Shacee Decker, the girlfriend of her son, Kyle Buchanan, alerting her that the barn was on fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt must have started between 1:30 and 2 (p.m.). I left the house at 1:30 and everything was fine. No smoke, nothing,\u201d Buchanan said.<\/p>\n The home\u2019s Wi-Fi was also knocked out because the server was located in the barn.<\/p>\n Pops was found about 1\u00bd hours after she was freed from her stall wandering north of the barn.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s fine, not a mark, not a singe on her, just scared out of her mind,\u201d Buchanan said.<\/p>\n Balfour said 20 firefighters battled the blaze and two engines and two tenders were called to the scene.<\/p>\n Firefighters came from the Cortez Fire Protection District, the Dolores Fire Protection District and the Lewis-Arriola Volunteer Fire Department.<\/p>\n \u201cNo lives were lost. That\u2019s the main thing. Everything is going to be good,\u201d Buchanan said.<\/p>\n