COVENTRY – Emergency crews responded to a barn fire in the Town of Coventry Wednesday that destroyed the structure and two pieces of heavy farm equipment.

Fire crews from the Coventry, Afton, Bainbridge, Harpursville, Greene and Oxford responded at 7:24 p.m. to 224 County Road 30 after hay in the barn spontaneously combusted and caught fire.

The barn’s owner, Richard Hinman, aided crews in controlling the blaze with the use of his own excavator.