‘A big loss for the community:’ barn at Yellow Point Farms completely destroyed by fire
NANAIMO — A 100-year-old barn at a popular rural area farm and petting zoo has burned to the ground.
The main building at Yellow Point Farms along Yellow Point Rd. near Nanaimo Airport went up in flames around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1, completely destroying the building and everything inside.
Fire Chief Florian Schulz from North Oyster Fire Department told NanaimoNewsNOW nobody was injured, including animals.
“It was a fully involved, two-storey, wood frame barn. Luckily it’s not the barn that houses the animals, just at the back of the barn there was a bird enclosure. [The owner] let the birds out once he found the structure on fire.”