I'm not completely sure of the building construction, but it looked like most machine sheds around this area, wooden structure with metal roof and siding. Morton buildings are popular, as are a few other brands. It was not a old wooden barn, this shed was sizable enough to hold a JD 8650 (I think) along with several other large tractors and implements.
My guess is that once the fire started, it grew rapidly due to the amount of fuel around. There were several fuel tanks close to the building, and I would expect the tractors had fuel in them as well. Could have been maybe a 1000 or more gallons of fuel on site?
Just a guess on my part, but a neighbor to my parents had a machine shed full of equipment burn a few years back, and he had just filled up all his tractors with fuel prior to the fire, plus had tanks nearby, then lightning struck. Total loss as well, nothing the fire crews could do with that much fuel for fire to feed on.
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