It’s a call no one ever wants to get, especially in the middle of the night.
Jonathan Howe was with his family in Oromocto, N.B., when he received a call at 2 a.m. Sunday saying his barn was on fire.
The owner of Sunden Farms drove home to Lower Coverdale, N.B., immediately and was in total disbelief when he arrived.
“You don’t expect something like this to happen at two o’clock in the morning, you just don’t. You just don’t anticipate that,” said Howe.
Despite efforts from 28 firefighters from five different communities, the barn was destroyed.
Crews responded to a barn fire in Lower Coverdale, N.B., on Sept. 22, 2024. (Source: Facebook/IAFF Local 2549 Riverview Professional Firefighters)
Smoke pours from a barn at a business in Lower Coverdale, N.B., on Sept. 22, 2025. (Source: …