A fire on a local farm, totally destroyed a barn used for storage and its contents Wednesday evening, Aug. 5.

New Prague Fire Chief Steve Rynda said firefighters received a fire call at 7:40 p.m. of a barn fire on the 200 block of E 253rd St., just east of Cedar Lake and southwest of St. Patrick. Firefighters found the shed totally engulfed by flames when the first firefighters arrived within 10 minutes of receiving the fire call.