REDDICK, Fla. — More than 20 horses died in a barn fire early Tuesday morning in Marion County.

The Marion County Fire Rescue received a call just before 4 a.m. reporting a barn on fire with horses trapped inside.

Fire crews responded to the 6000 block of Northwest 118th Street in Reddick to find a 10,000 square foot, single-story barn fully involved in flames.

Crews said the roof had collapsed on top of the structure, killing 21 horses inside.

Fire Rescue said they had the fire under control an hour after arriving, with no reports of civilians or firefighters injured.

The State of Florida Bureau of Fire, Arson and Explosives Investigators and Marion County Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating the cause and origin of the fire.