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Fire Burns Hay Baler, Hay Field Near Jay
June 1, 2019
The Jay and Berrydale volunteer departments battled a farm equipment and field fire Friday on Pinhook Road northeast of Jay.
A hay baler, hayfield and numerous bales of hay burned.
There were no injuries and no structure damage reported.
Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Fire Burns Hay Baler, Hay Field Near Jay”
God bless
God bless
God bless these dedicated volunteers. To work against fire in this heat and the clothing they wear takes a very special person.
Dang. Sorry about the loss of material/equipment. I’ve seen almost spontaneous combustion within hay balers before, either from sparks or just the intense heat generated by packing semi-dry grass through a piece of high-friction equipment already nearly superheated from atmospheric conditions.
My Dad died in 2002 when his “underbrush burnoff pile” got away from him in the wind~ he passed from a massive coronary trying to get enough water hose on the tractor to fight it himself. We got back from the hospital/morgue hours after he was pronounced DOA, & a couple of the big round bales he & his bird-hunting buddies had used as blinds were still burning.
Sure do miss that old man.
CALL 911 & Fire/Rescue when a “controlled burn” gets out of hand~!!!