DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) -- Crews knocked down a barn fire that broke out in Dartmouth Saturday afternoon.

Deputy Fire Chief Corey Pimental told 12 News crews that responded to Old Fall River Road around 4:30 p.m. were met with a fire that affected the barn and two smaller buildings nearby.

According to Pimental, it took firefighters about half an hour to fully extinguish the flames.

Nobody was home at the time of the fire, Pimental said.

There were farm animals in the area when the fire happened, but none were injured.

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