Update: 12:30 p.m. Road has been reopened. Guelph Fire Department reports no injuries to individuals or livestock as it was a vacant building.
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Police are asking people to avoid an area in the city’s north end as a result of a barn fire.
Department officials tweeted out the request shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
The fire is reported north of Woodlawn Road West along Silvercreek Parkway North. All northbound lanes are closed, police state.
Please avoid the area of Silvercreek Parkway North north of the Woodlawn Road West intersection. There is a barn fire north of the City of Guelph and all northbound lanes are closed. #Guelph - sm pic.twitter.com/V5Ff3Eo1ZI
— Guelph Police Service (@GuelphPolice) August 23, 2022