Firefighters from the Monroe Fire Protection District and Washington Township Fire Department responded to a fire in the 4500 block of East Hacker Creek Road Wednesday afternoon. A caller told dispatch there was an explosion.

Fire after the explosion damaged two barns and destroyed a paint truck.

A resident at the scene told the Bloomingtonian that a traveling painter based in Georgia was painting the roof of a barn when the explosion took place.

The explosion led to a fire that damaged two barns: one of the barns burned nearly completely, while the other had fire damage to the side. The shell of a truck, destroyed in the fire, smoldered as firefighters worked at the scene.

When emergency services workers arrived they located a man with mild burns. A lifeline helicopter flight was canceled. IU Health Lifeline and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office assisted firefighters at the fire.

The cause of the fire and cause of the explosion are under investigation.

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