Valley City  (CSi)  A  fire Tuesday destroyed a  farm shed and its contents  northwest of Valley City.

A boat and other items were inside the shed at the Thomsen farm at the time of  the fire.

Barnes Chief Deputy Don Fiebiger said flames were shooting out of the shed when upon arrival . No other structures were threatened and no injuries were reported.

Fiebiger says  the preliminary cause of the fire concerns a   torch in the shed. as the cause remains under investigation, by the Valley City Rural Fire Department.