There was a large barn fire off Road 42 North near Giroux Saturday morning at about 9:15.

Steinbach Fire Chief Mark Loewen says about two thirds of a large dairy barn were engulfed by flames when they arrived, and it didn't take long for the rest of the barn to be destroyed.

Loewen notes no one was injured by the fire, but there were an unknown number of cattle that were in the barn.

He adds the extent of the damage and the cause of the fire is as of yet unknown, but they were able to keep the fire contained to the barn.