BUILDINGS BURN AT RAINBOW FARMS CAMPGROUND; HELICOPTER TAKES HIT

VANDALIA -- Several buildings burned Friday at a campground where five
people were arrested in May as the result of a three-year
investigation into drug trafficking, sources said.

The road into Rainbow Farms campground was reportedly blocked by Cass
County sheriff's officers late Friday, but the department was not
releasing information.

A South Bend, Ind., television news helicopter filming the fire was
hit by a bullet fired from the campground area, but the helicopter
landed safely and there were no injuries.

One source said a police SWAT team was deployed in the vicinity of the
campground Friday night.

In May, police arrested five people for alleged drug trafficking.
Campground owner Grover Crosslin, 47, was arrested later.

A Cass County circuit judge has kept in force a ban on holding
festivals at the site, which in the past had attracted crowds of
thousands of people. Crosslin reportedly had a court date Friday.

While flying over the campground to film Friday's fire, a WNDU Channel
16 helicopter was hit by a bullet, said Ellen Crooke, the station's
news director.

Pilot Rich Vogt and photojournalist Eric Walton were unaware the
helicopter had been hit, but got out of the area when warned by a
radio call from police, Crooke said.

The shot hit the helicopter's horizontal stabilizer.

"They pulled back several miles and were continuing to take pictures,"
Crooke said. "They flew back to South Bend to refuel, and when they
did so, the pilot looked at the ship and realized it had been hit."

Crooke said repairs were made and the helicopter was flying Friday
night.

The incident will be investigated by the FBI, she said.