Barn heavily damaged in fire at Elkhart County wedding venue

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ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - A barn at a popular wedding venue is heavily damaged after it caught on fire this afternoon.

The fire started around 3 p.m. at Country Strong Events on County Road 36 near Goshen.

According to our reporting partners at The Goshen News, firefighters from six different fire departments worked to put out the flames.

Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the fire.

A barn at Country Strong Events is fully engulfed in flames. — A barn at Country Strong Events is fully engulfed in flames.(Karen Morris Avery)

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