Fair Board makes proposal to replace Lebanon barn
January 27, 2010,by Paul Ramlow, USTA Internet News Manager
Columbus, OH — The Warren County (Ohio) Fair Board has suggested building two smaller barns to replace a larger one destroyed by fire last December.
According to a story in the Dayton Daily News, the board made its proposal to replace Lebanon Raceway’s Barn 16, located on the fairgrounds, which was destroyed in a Dec. 5 fire that claimed the lives of two men and 42 Standardbreds, to the Warren County Commission during a work session on Jan. 21.
Fair Board president Ron Hurtt told the Commission that building two smaller barns, about 6,400 square feet each and without stalls, may be a solution to providing a new facility that could be used for various horse show events as well as inside storage during the winter.
Warren County could receive $717,747 from insurance reimbursements if it constructs a replacement barn the same size as Barn 16 or $532,421 if it decides to construct something similar, the commissioners said. The proposed new barns are estimated to cost about $400,000.
Shane Cartmill, spokesman for the State Fire Marshal’s office, told the paper the Dec. 5 fire remains an active, ongoing investigation. He could not say when the investigation would be completed.
- Criminal intent ruled out as cause of fire at Lebanon (Sunday, December 06, 2009)
The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal ruled out criminal intent as the cause of Saturday’s fatal fire at the Warren County Fairgrounds.