40Kchicks
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- Joined
- Apr 23, 2003
- Messages
- 489
- Location
- Western Oregon
- Tractor
- 2003 Kubota M9000DTL 2001 JD 2252 Orchard Tractor Cat 216 Skidsteer 1999 JD 450H Dozer 1994 JD 644G wheel loader
I'm at work today but my daughter just called telling me that my neighbors place was on fire. My neighbor has 14 huge barns on his place. Two of them sit next to each other and are used for storing hay. They are 60’ X 320’ each. I don’t have the whole story yet but apparently the old tractor he was using to cut grass burst into flames. His son was driving the other tractor mowing between the barns at the time so he ran over and told his son to get out of there then ran into the warehouse and told the workers to call 911. The tractor caught the dry hay on fire before the fire department could get there. Both barns were totally involved when my wife called me. The fire department was just containing the fire and protecting a nearby warehouse. I guess that the fire department had to sit Mac down. The heat was so intense it melted some shutters on his chicken barns 80’ away and warmed up my chicken barn that’s 150’ away. I had my wife get photos so I will update this post tomorrow.
Eric
Eric